simmering

Who acts: liquid, Growing, soup, you, sauce, She · What happens: cook, be, grow, show, continue, simmer down · To what, where: boiling, someone, nothing, tensions, pan, simmering argument · Speech: someone speaks here

«simmering» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 7 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: simmering in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Cooking gently in liquid that is just below boiling, with small bubbles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cooking	cook	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	gently	gently	ADV	_	1 Cooking	advmod
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 liquid	case
4	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cooking	obl
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 boiling	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 boiling	cop
7	just	just	ADV	_	9 boiling	advmod
8	below	below	ADP	_	9 boiling	case
9	boiling	boiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 liquid	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bubbles	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 bubbles	case
12	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bubbles	amod
13	bubbles	bubble	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Cooking	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Cooking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	gerund						with small bubbles; in liquid; gently property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient in liquid=Instrument
2	is	present	liquid			boiling			tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Meaning 2

Usage: of feelings — kept apart, not parsed.

Growing slowly inside someone without fully showing yet, like anger or excitement.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 showing	csubj
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Growing	advmod
3	inside	inside	ADP	_	4 someone	case
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Growing	obl
5	without	without	SCONJ	_	7 showing	mark
6	fully	fully	ADV	_	7 showing	advmod
7	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	yet	yet	ADV	_	7 showing	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 anger	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	11 anger	case
11	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 showing	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 excitement	cc
13	excitement	excitement	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 anger	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 showing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	gerund				someone		slowly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside someone=Location
2	show	gerund	Growing				yet	like anger or excitement; fully property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Meaning 3

Usage: of a problem or argument — kept apart, not parsed.

Continuing quietly and likely to grow worse.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Continuing	continue	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 likely	csubj
2	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	1 Continuing	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 likely	cc
4	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 grow	mark
6	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 likely	xcomp
7	worse	badly	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 grow	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 likely	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	gerund						quietly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	grow	to-infinitive						badly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Meaning 4

«Simmering down» — becoming calmer after being angry or excited.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Simmering	punct
2	Simmering	simmer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 Simmering	compound:prt
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Simmering	punct
5	—	-	PUNCT	_	6 becoming	punct
6	becoming	become	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 Simmering	conj
7	calmer	calm	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 becoming	xcomp
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 angry	mark
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 angry	cop
10	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 calmer	advcl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 excited	cc
12	excited	excited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 angry	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 Simmering	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	simmer down in a quote	gerund		vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	become	gerund	calm property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	is	gerund	angry property	tree rules
4	be			tree rules

Example 1

The soup is simmering on the stove.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 soup	det
2	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 simmering	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 simmering	aux
4	simmering	simmer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 stove	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stove	det
7	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 simmering	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 simmering	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	simmer	present · progressive	the soup					on the stove	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient on stove=Instrument

Example 2

Let the sauce keep simmering for ten minutes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sauce	det
3	sauce	sauce	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	nsubj
4	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Let	parataxis
5	simmering	simmer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 keep	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 minutes	case
7	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 minutes	nummod
8	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 simmering	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
2	keep	present	the sauce		tree rules
3	simmer	gerund	the sauce not said here	minute	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 3

She was simmering with anger but said nothing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 simmering	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 simmering	aux
3	simmering	simmer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 anger	case
5	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 simmering	obl
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 said	cc
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 simmering	conj
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 said	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 simmering	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	simmer	past · progressive	She					with anger	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with anger=Instrument
2	say speech: assert	past	She not said here	nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

Example 4

There were simmering tensions between the two teams.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 were	expl
2	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	simmering	simmer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 were	advcl
4	tensions	tension	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 simmering	obj
5	between	between	ADP	_	8 teams	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 teams	det
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 teams	nummod
8	teams	team	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tensions	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 were	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past				there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	simmer	gerund		tensions				between the two teams	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tension=Patient

Example 5

"Simmer down!" said the teacher when we got too loud.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Simmer	punct
2	Simmer	simmer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 said	ccomp
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 Simmer	compound:prt
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Simmer	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Simmer	punct
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 teacher	det
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 got	advmod
10	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 got	nsubj
11	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 said	ccomp
12	too	too	ADV	_	13 loud	advmod
13	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 got	xcomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	simmer down in a quote	infinitive			vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	say speech: express	past	the teacher		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	get	past	we	loud property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Example 6

Leave the pan simmering, not boiling hard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pan	det
3	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	obj
4	simmering	simmer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Leave	advcl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 boiling	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 boiling	advmod
7	boiling	boil	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 simmering	conj
8	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 boiling	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Leave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	the pan		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pan=Theme
2	simmer	gerund	you not said here			vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	not boil	gerund	you not said here		hard property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 7

The simmering argument finally boiled over at lunch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 argument	det
2	simmering	simmer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 argument	amod
3	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	finally	finally	ADV	_	5 boiled	advmod
5	boiled	boil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 argument	acl
6	over	over	ADV	_	5 boiled	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 lunch	case
8	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 boiled	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 argument	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	simmer	gerund							vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	boil over	participle		the simmering argument not said here		lunch		finally, over property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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