swaddle

Who acts: baby, Swaddling, cloths, mother, stork · What happens: swaddle, be, not move, use, carry · To what, where: soft cloth, arms, clothes, cloths, baby, Babies

«swaddle» 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: swaddle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To swaddle is to wrap a baby tightly in soft cloth so it cannot move its arms or legs much.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 swaddle	mark
2	swaddle	swaddle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wrap	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wrap	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 wrap	mark
5	wrap	wrap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 baby	det
7	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wrap	obj
8	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	5 wrap	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 cloth	case
10	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cloth	amod
11	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wrap	obl
12	so	so	SCONJ	_	16 move	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 move	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 move	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 move	advmod
16	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wrap	advcl
17	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 arms	nmod:poss
18	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 move	obj
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 legs	cc
20	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 arms	conj
21	much	much	ADV	_	16 move	advmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 wrap	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	swaddle	to-infinitive					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			soft cloth	tightly, wrap property	tree rules
3	not move	can	baby	baby's arms or legs			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme arm=Result

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

Swaddling clothes are the cloths used for this. (old use).

Sentence 1: Swaddling clothes are the cloths used for this.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swaddling	swaddle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 cloths	csubj
2	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	1 Swaddling	obj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cloths	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cloths	det
5	cloths	cloth	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 used	nsubj
6	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 this	case
8	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 used	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	swaddle	gerund		clothes		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme clothes=Destination
2	is a	present	Swaddling	the cloths		tree rules
3	use	past	the cloths		for this	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: (old use).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

Example 1

The mother swaddled the baby in a blanket.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mother	det
2	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swaddled	nsubj
3	swaddled	swaddle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 baby	det
5	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swaddled	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 blanket	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 blanket	det
8	blanket	blanket	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swaddled	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 swaddled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swaddle	past	the mother	the baby				in a blanket	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent baby=Destination in blanket=Theme

Example 2

The stork carried a baby in swaddling clothes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stork	det
2	stork	stork	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	nsubj
3	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 baby	det
5	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obj
6	in	in	SCONJ	_	7 swaddling	mark
7	swaddling	swaddle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 carried	advcl
8	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 swaddling	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	the stork	a baby					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme
2	swaddle	gerund	the stork not said here	clothes					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme clothes=Destination

Example 3

Babies were often swaddled tightly long ago.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 swaddled	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swaddled	aux:pass
3	often	often	ADV	_	4 swaddled	advmod
4	swaddled	swaddle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	6 long	advmod
6	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 ago	advmod
7	ago	ago	ADV	_	4 swaddled	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 swaddled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swaddle	past · passive		Babies				ago, often property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination

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