slink

Who acts: cat, dog, Fox, He · What happens: slink, be, try, not see, slink away, look · To what, where: table, tree, bed

«slink» 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: slink in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To slink is to move quietly and sneakily, trying not to be seen.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 slink	mark
2	slink	slink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 move	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 move	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 move	mark
5	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	5 move	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sneakily	cc
8	sneakily	sneakily	ADV	_	6 quietly	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 trying	punct
10	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 move	advcl
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 seen	advmod
12	to	to	PART	_	14 seen	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 seen	aux:pass
14	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 trying	ccomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 move	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	slink	to-infinitive		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	move, quietly property	tree rules
3	try	gerund		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	not see not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»

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

To slink away is to leave quietly, looking ashamed or hiding.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 slink	mark
2	slink	slink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 leave	advcl
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 slink	advmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 leave	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 leave	mark
6	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	6 leave	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 looking	punct
9	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 leave	advcl
10	ashamed	ashamed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 looking	xcomp
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 hiding	cc
12	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 ashamed	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 leave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	slink away	to-infinitive	away property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	leave, quietly property	tree rules
3	look	gerund	ashamed property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
4	hide	gerund		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The cat slunk under the table when the dog barked.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slunk	nsubj
3	slunk	slink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 table	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 table	det
6	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slunk	obl
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 barked	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dog	det
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 barked	nsubj
10	barked	bark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 slunk	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 slunk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slink	past	the cat			the table			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under table=Trajectory
2	bark	past	the dog						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The Fox slunk away behind a tree.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Fox	det
2	Fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slunk	nsubj
3	slunk	slink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 slunk	advmod
5	behind	behind	ADP	_	7 tree	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tree	det
7	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slunk	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 slunk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slink away	past	the Fox			a tree		away property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind tree=Trajectory

Example 3

He slinks off to his bed above the stove.

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	2 slinks	nsubj
2	slinks	slink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 slinks	compound:prt
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 bed	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 bed	nmod:poss
6	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slinks	obl
7	above	above	ADP	_	9 stove	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stove	det
9	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bed	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 slinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slink off	present	He			his bed above the stove			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to bed=Destination

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