surmise

Who acts: surmise, I, Her, It · What happens: surmise, be, lock, lose, turn out, not be · To what, where: clues, guess, door, stranger · Speech: someone speaks here

«surmise» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: surmise in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To surmise is to guess something from clues, without being sure.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 surmise	mark
2	surmise	surmise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 guess	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 guess	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 guess	mark
5	guess	guess	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 guess	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 clues	case
8	clues	clue	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 guess	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sure	punct
10	without	without	SCONJ	_	12 sure	mark
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 sure	cop
12	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 guess	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 guess	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	where	other	roles by
1	surmise	to-infinitive			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	clues	guess property	tree rules
3	is	gerund		sure property	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

A surmise is a guess of this kind. (formal, old use).

Sentence 1: A surmise is a guess of this kind.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 surmise	det
2	surmise	surmise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 guess	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 guess	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 guess	det
5	guess	guess	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 kind	case
7	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 kind	det
8	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 guess	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 guess	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a surmise	a guess				of this kind	tree rules

Sentence 2: (formal, old use).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 formal	punct
2	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 use	punct
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 use	amod
5	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 formal	obl
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 formal	punct
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 formal	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

I can only surmise why the door was locked.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 surmise	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 surmise	aux
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 surmise	advmod
4	surmise	surmise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 locked	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 locked	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 locked	aux:pass
9	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 surmise	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 surmise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surmise	can	I						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	lock	past · passive		the door					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Example 2

I surmise that the stranger is lost.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 surmise	nsubj
2	surmise	surmise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 lost	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stranger	det
5	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lost	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 lost	aux:pass
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 surmise	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 surmise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surmise	present	I						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	lose	present · passive		the stranger					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Example 3

Her surmise turned out to be right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 surmise	nmod:poss
2	surmise	surmise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	nsubj
3	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 turned	compound:prt
5	to	to	PART	_	7 right	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 right	cop
7	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 turned	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 turned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	turn out	past	Her surmise		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive	Her surmise not said here	right property	tree rules
3	surmise		Her = she		nom surmise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

It was no more than a surmise.

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	4 more	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 more	cop
3	no	no	ADV	_	4 more	advmod
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	7 surmise	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 surmise	det
7	surmise	surmise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 more	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 more	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	past	It					than a surmise; more property	tree rules

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