slinging
Who acts: It, Kabo, He, you, us · What happens: sling, throw, carry, swing, be, break · To what, where: stones, something, shoulders, Kabo, leg, slinging game
«slinging» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: slinging in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Slinging is throwing stones with a sling.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slinging | sling | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 throwing | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 throwing | aux |
| 3 | throwing | throw | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 throwing | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 sling | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sling | det |
| 7 | sling | sling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 throwing | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 throwing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sling | gerund | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | throw | present · progressive | stones | with a sling | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme |
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
Slinging is carrying something swung loosely over the shoulders.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slinging | sling | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 carrying | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 carrying | aux |
| 3 | carrying | carry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 carrying | obj |
| 5 | swung | swing | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 something | acl |
| 6 | loosely | loosely | ADV | _ | 5 swung | advmod |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 9 shoulders | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 shoulders | det |
| 9 | shoulders | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 swung | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 carrying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sling | gerund | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | carry | present · progressive | something | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme | |||||
| 3 | swing | participle | the shoulders | loosely property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme over shoulder=Trajectory |
Example 1
It was Kabo who broke my leg at the slinging game.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 Kabo | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 Kabo | cop |
| 3 | Kabo | Kabo | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 broke | nsubj |
| 5 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 Kabo | acl:relcl |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 leg | nmod:poss |
| 7 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 broke | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 game | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 game | det |
| 10 | slinging | sling | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 game | amod |
| 11 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 broke | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 Kabo | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | Kabo | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | break | past | Kabo | my leg | the slinging game | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=Patient | |||
| 3 | sling | gerund | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
He was slinging the deer over his shoulders.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 slinging | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 slinging | aux |
| 3 | slinging | sling | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 deer | det |
| 5 | deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 slinging | obj |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 8 shoulders | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 shoulders | nmod:poss |
| 8 | shoulders | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 slinging | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 slinging | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sling | past · progressive | He | the deer | his shoulders | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent deer=Theme over shoulder=Destination |
Example 3
Let us play at slinging again tomorrow.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 1 Let | obj |
| 3 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 4 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 5 slinging | mark |
| 5 | slinging | sling | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 play | advcl |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 slinging | advmod |
| 7 | tomorrow | tomorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 slinging | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Let | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | us | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | play | infinitive | us not said here | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | sling | gerund | us not said here | again; tomorrow | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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