throng

Who acts: throng, shooters, courtiers · What happens: be, press, fill, tremble, not get in, throng · To what, where: large crowd, people, place, church

«throng» 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: throng in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A throng is a large crowd of people pressed close together.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 throng	det
2	throng	throng	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crowd	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 crowd	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 crowd	det
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 crowd	amod
6	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 people	case
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 crowd	nmod
9	pressed	press	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 people	acl
10	close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 pressed	advmod
11	together	together	ADV	_	9 pressed	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 crowd	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a throng	a large crowd				of people	tree rules
2	press	participle		people not said here				close, together property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

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

To throng is to crowd round or fill a place.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 throng	mark
2	throng	throng	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crowd	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 crowd	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 crowd	mark
5	crowd	crowd	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	round	round	ADV	_	5 crowd	advmod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 fill	cc
8	fill	fill	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 crowd	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 place	det
10	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fill	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 crowd	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						crowd, round property	tree rules
2	fill	infinitive		a place					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent place=Patient

Example 1

There was such a throng before the church that Trembling could not get in.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	5 throng	det:predet
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 throng	det
5	throng	throng	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
6	before	before	ADP	_	8 church	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 church	det
8	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	obl
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 get	mark
10	Trembling	tremble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 get	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 get	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 get	advmod
13	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 church	acl
14	in	in	ADV	_	13 get	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	be	past	such throng		the church; there	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before church=Location
2	tremble	gerund				vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not get in	could		the church not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer church=Stimulus

Example 2

The shooters were thronging round the target.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shooters	det
2	shooters	shooter	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 thronging	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thronging	aux
4	thronging	throng	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	round	round	ADP	_	7 target	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 target	det
7	target	target	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thronging	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 thronging	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throng	past · progressive	the shooters					round the target	vn swarm-47.5.1-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme

Example 3

The courtiers will throng round the princess.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 courtiers	det
2	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 throng	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 throng	aux
4	throng	throng	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	round	round	ADP	_	7 princess	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 princess	det
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 throng	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 throng	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throng	future	the courtiers					round the princess	vn swarm-47.5.1-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme

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