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totter

Who acts: you, old man, tired dancers, He · What happens: be, stand, fall over, begin, totter · To what, where: baby, room, end, stairs

«totter» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: totter in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To totter is to walk or stand unsteadily, as if about to fall over, because you are weak, old or tired.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 totter	mark
2	totter	totter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walk	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 walk	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 walk	mark
5	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 stand	cc
7	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 walk	conj
8	unsteadily	unsteadily	ADV	_	7 stand	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 fall	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 fall	mark
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 fall	mark
12	about	about	ADV	_	14 fall	advmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 fall	mark
14	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 walk	advcl
15	over	over	ADV	_	14 fall	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 weak	punct
17	because	because	SCONJ	_	20 weak	mark
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	20 weak	nsubj
19	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 weak	cop
20	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 walk	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 old	punct
22	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 weak	conj
23	or	or	CCONJ	_	24 tired	cc
24	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 weak	conj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						walk property	tree rules
2	stand	infinitive						unsteadily property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	fall over	to-infinitive						about, over property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is	present	you					weak property	tree rules
5	be		you not said here						tree rules
6	be		you not said here						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.

Example 1

The old man began to totter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 began	nsubj
4	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 totter	mark
6	totter	totter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 began	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 began	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	the old man						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	totter	to-infinitive	the old man not said here						vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The baby tottered across the room on wobbly legs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 baby	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	tottered	totter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 baby	acl
4	across	across	ADP	_	6 room	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 room	det
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tottered	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 legs	case
8	wobbly	wobbly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 legs	amod
9	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 room	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 baby	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	totter	participle		the baby not said here		the room on wobbly legs			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across room=Trajectory

Example 3

The tired dancers tottered at the end.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dancers	det
2	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dancers	amod
3	dancers	dancer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tottered	nsubj
4	tottered	totter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 end	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 end	det
7	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tottered	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tottered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	totter	past	the tired dancers				at the end		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at end=Location

Example 4

He tottered down the stairs after the shock.

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 tottered	nsubj
2	tottered	totter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	5 stairs	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stairs	det
5	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tottered	obl
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 shock	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shock	det
8	shock	shock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tottered	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tottered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	totter	past	He			the stairs	after the shock		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down stair=Trajectory

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