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swaggering

Who acts: you, Toad, swaggering pirate, He, team, captain · What happens: walk, behave, show off, be, come, swagger · To what, where: proud, way, goggles, crew, match, swaggering way

«swaggering» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: swaggering in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Walking or behaving in a proud, show-off way, as if you are very important.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 show	advcl
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 behaving	cc
3	behaving	behave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Walking	conj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 proud	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 proud	det
6	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 behaving	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Walking	punct
8	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 off	punct
10	off	off	ADP	_	8 show	compound:prt
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 show	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 important	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 important	mark
14	if	if	SCONJ	_	18 important	mark
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 important	nsubj
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 important	cop
17	very	very	ADV	_	18 important	advmod
18	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 show	ccomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund	you not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	behave	gerund	you not said here			a proud			vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
3	show off	imperative	you not said here	way					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent way=Recipient
4	is a condition, not said to happen	present	you					important 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

Too confident and boastful.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Too	too	ADV	_	2 confident	advmod
2	confident	confident	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 boastful	cc
4	boastful	boastful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 confident	conj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 confident	punct

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

Example 1

Toad came swaggering down the drive in his goggles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	swaggering	swagger	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 came	advcl
4	down	down	ADP	_	6 drive	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 drive	det
6	drive	drive	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swaggering	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 goggles	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 goggles	nmod:poss
9	goggles	goggle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 swaggering	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	Toad						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	swagger	gerund	Toad not said here			Toad's goggles		down the drive	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down drive=Trajectory

Example 2

The swaggering pirate laughed at the crew.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pirate	det
2	swaggering	swagger	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 pirate	amod
3	pirate	pirate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laughed	nsubj
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 crew	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 crew	det
7	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laughed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swagger	gerund							vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	laugh	past	the swaggering pirate			the crew			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

He walked in with a swaggering grin.

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 walked	nsubj
2	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADV	_	2 walked	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 grin	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 grin	det
6	swaggering	swagger	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 grin	amod
7	grin	grin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk in	past	He					with a swaggering grin	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	swagger	gerund							vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 4

The team's swaggering captain lost the match.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 team	det
2	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swaggering	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 swaggering	aux
4	swaggering	swagger	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lost	nsubj
6	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swaggering	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 match	det
8	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lost	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 swaggering	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swagger	present · progressive	the team						tree rules
2	lose	past	captain	the match					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality

Example 5

I don't like his swaggering way of talking.

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 like	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 like	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 like	advmod
4	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 way	nmod:poss
6	swaggering	swagger	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 way	amod
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 like	obj
8	of	of	SCONJ	_	9 talking	mark
9	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 way	acl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 like	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not like	present · do-support	I	his swaggering way					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot way=Theme
2	swagger	gerund							vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	talk	gerund	his swaggering way not said here						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 6

The cockerel strutted about, swaggering.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cockerel	det
2	cockerel	cockerel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	strutted	strut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cockerel	acl
4	about	about	ADV	_	3 strutted	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 swaggering	punct
6	swaggering	swagger	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 strutted	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cockerel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strut	participle		the cockerel not said here				about property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	swagger	gerund							vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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