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smouldering

Who acts: Smouldering, Smouldering feelings, smouldering ashes, smouldering anger, His · What happens: mean, burn, give off, smoulder, be, keep · To what, where: smoke, wood, lot, face

«smouldering» 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: smouldering in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Smouldering means burning slowly without flames, giving off smoke.

nsubjxcompadvmodcaseoblpunctconjcompound:prtobjpunctrootSmoulderingNOUNmeansVERBburningVERBslowlyADVwithoutADPflamesNOUN,PUNCTgivingVERBoffADPsmokeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SmoulderingsmoulderingNOUNNumber=Sing2 meansnsubj
2meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3burningburnVERBVerbForm=Ger2 meansxcomp
4slowlyslowlyADV_3 burningadvmod
5withoutwithoutADP_6 flamescase
6flamesflameNOUNNumber=Plur3 burningobl
7,,PUNCT_8 givingpunct
8givinggiveVERBVerbForm=Ger3 burningconj
9offoffADP_8 givingcompound:prt
10smokesmokeNOUNNumber=Sing8 givingobj
11..PUNCT_2 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentSmoulderingvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2burn not said to happengerundSmouldering not said herewithout flames; slowly propertyvn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3give offgerundSmouldering not said heresmokevn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source smoke=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

Smouldering feelings are strong and kept inside, ready to burst out.

amodnsubjcopccconjadvmodpunctconjmarkxcompcompound:prtpunctrootSmoulderingVERBfeelingsNOUNareAUXstrongADJandCCONJkeptVERBinsideADV,PUNCTreadyADJtoPARTburstVERBoutADP.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SmoulderingsmoulderVERBVerbForm=Ger2 feelingsamod
2feelingsfeelingNOUNNumber=Plur4 strongnsubj
3arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 strongcop
4strongstrongADJDegree=Posrootroot
5andandCCONJ_6 keptcc
6keptkeepVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 strongconj
7insideinsideADV_6 keptadvmod
8,,PUNCT_9 readypunct
9readyreadyADJDegree=Pos4 strongconj
10totoPART_11 burstmark
11burstburstVERBVerbForm=Inf9 readyxcomp
12outoutADP_11 burstcompound:prt
13..PUNCT_4 strongpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1smouldergerundtree rules
2ispresentSmouldering feelingsstrong propertytree rules
3keepparticipleSmouldering feelings not said hereinside propertyvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4beSmouldering feelings not said heretree rules
5burst outto-infinitiveSmouldering feelings not said herevn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

The smouldering ashes were still warm.

detcompoundnsubjcopadvmodpunctrootTheDETsmoulderingNOUNashesNOUNwereAUXstillADVwarmADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 ashesdet
2smoulderingsmoulderingNOUNNumber=Sing3 ashescompound
3ashesashNOUNNumber=Plur6 warmnsubj
4werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 warmcop
5stillstillADV_6 warmadvmod
6warmwarmADJDegree=Posrootroot
7..PUNCT_6 warmpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastthe smouldering ashesstillwarm propertytree rules

Example 2

Smouldering wood gives off a lot of smoke.

csubjobjcompound:prtdetobjcasenmodpunctrootSmoulderingVERBwoodNOUNgivesVERBoffADPaDETlotNOUNofADPsmokeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SmoulderingsmoulderVERBVerbForm=Ger3 givescsubj
2woodwoodNOUNNumber=Sing1 Smoulderingobj
3givesgiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4offoffADP_3 givescompound:prt
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 lotdet
6lotlotNOUNNumber=Sing3 givesobj
7ofofADP_8 smokecase
8smokesmokeNOUNNumber=Sing6 lotnmod
9..PUNCT_3 givespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1smouldergerundwoodtree rules
2give offpresentSmoulderinga lot of smokevn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source lot=Theme

Example 3

His smouldering anger was clear in his face.

nmod:posscompoundnsubjcopcasenmod:possoblpunctrootHisPRONsmoulderingNOUNangerNOUNwasAUXclearADJinADPhisPRONfaceNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 angernmod:poss
2smoulderingsmoulderingNOUNNumber=Sing3 angercompound
3angerangerNOUNNumber=Sing5 clearnsubj
4wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 clearcop
5clearclearADJDegree=Posrootroot
6ininADP_8 facecase
7hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 facenmod:poss
8facefaceNOUNNumber=Sing5 clearobl
9..PUNCT_5 clearpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastHis smouldering angerhis faceclear propertytree rules
2angerHis = henom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=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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