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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smouldering | smouldering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | burning | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 3 burning | advmod |
| 5 | without | without | ADP | _ | 6 flames | case |
| 6 | flames | flame | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 burning | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 giving | punct |
| 8 | giving | give | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 burning | conj |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 giving | compound:prt |
| 10 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 giving | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Smouldering | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | burn not said to happen | gerund | Smouldering not said here | without flames; slowly property | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | give off | gerund | Smouldering not said here | smoke | vn 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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smouldering | smoulder | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 feelings | amod |
| 2 | feelings | feeling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 strong | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 strong | cop |
| 4 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 kept | cc |
| 6 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 strong | conj |
| 7 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 6 kept | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 ready | punct |
| 9 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 strong | conj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 burst | mark |
| 11 | burst | burst | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 ready | xcomp |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 burst | compound:prt |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 strong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smoulder | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | Smouldering feelings | strong property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | keep | participle | Smouldering feelings not said here | inside property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | be | Smouldering feelings not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | burst out | to-infinitive | Smouldering feelings not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 1
The smouldering ashes were still warm.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ashes | det |
| 2 | smouldering | smouldering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ashes | compound |
| 3 | ashes | ash | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 warm | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 warm | cop |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 6 warm | advmod |
| 6 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 warm | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the smouldering ashes | still | warm property | tree rules |
Example 2
Smouldering wood gives off a lot of smoke.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smouldering | smoulder | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 gives | csubj |
| 2 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Smouldering | obj |
| 3 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 gives | compound:prt |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 lot | det |
| 6 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 smoke | case |
| 8 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lot | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smoulder | gerund | wood | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | give off | present | Smouldering | a lot of smoke | vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source lot=Theme |
Example 3
His smouldering anger was clear in his face.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 anger | nmod:poss |
| 2 | smouldering | smouldering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 anger | compound |
| 3 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 clear | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 clear | cop |
| 5 | clear | clear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 face | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 face | nmod:poss |
| 8 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 clear | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 clear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | His smouldering anger | his face | clear property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | anger | His = he | nom 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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