tarry
Who acts: you · What happens: tarry, be, wait, go on, act, delay
«tarry» 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: tarry in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.
To tarry is to stay somewhere for a while or to wait before going on.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 tarry | mark |
| 2 | tarry | tarry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 stay | csubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 stay | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 stay | mark |
| 5 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | somewhere | somewhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 stay | advmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 while | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 while | det |
| 9 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stay | obl |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 wait | cc |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 wait | mark |
| 12 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 stay | conj |
| 13 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 14 going | mark |
| 14 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 wait | advcl |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 going | compound:prt |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 stay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tarry | to-infinitive | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | while | somewhere, stay property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | wait | to-infinitive | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | go on | gerund | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=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
Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.
To tarry is to be slow to act, or to delay.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 tarry | mark |
| 2 | tarry | tarry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 slow | advcl |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 slow | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 slow | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 slow | cop |
| 6 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 act | mark |
| 8 | act | act | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 slow | xcomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 delay | punct |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 delay | cc |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 delay | mark |
| 12 | delay | delay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 act | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 slow | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tarry | to-infinitive | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | slow property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | act | to-infinitive | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | delay | to-infinitive | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Example 1
Tarry with me for a while.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarry | tarry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 3 me | case |
| 3 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 1 Tarry | obl |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 while | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 while | det |
| 6 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tarry | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Tarry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tarry | imperative | you not said here | while | with me | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
The knight did not tarry at the gate.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 knight | det |
| 2 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tarry | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 tarry | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 tarry | advmod |
| 5 | tarry | tarry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 gate | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 gate | det |
| 8 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tarry | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 tarry | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 3
Why did you tarry so long?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 tarry | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 tarry | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 tarry | nsubj |
| 4 | tarry | tarry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 long | advmod |
| 6 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 tarry | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 tarry | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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