tremulous
Who acts: Tremulous, voice, tremulous voice, old man, He · What happens: describe, shake, show, be, give, speak · To what, where: voice, little, tremulous smile, tremulous whisper · Speech: someone speaks here
«tremulous» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: tremulous in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Tremulous describes a voice or hand that shakes a little, from fear, cold or old age.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tremulous | Tremulous | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 describes | nsubj |
| 2 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 voice | det |
| 4 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 describes | obj |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 hand | cc |
| 6 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 voice | conj |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 shakes | nsubj |
| 8 | shakes | shake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 voice | acl:relcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 little | det |
| 10 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 shakes | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 fear | punct |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 fear | case |
| 13 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 describes | parataxis |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 cold | punct |
| 15 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 fear | amod |
| 16 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 18 age | cc |
| 17 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 age | amod |
| 18 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 cold | conj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 describes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | present | Tremulous | a voice or hand | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent voice=Theme | ||||
| 2 | shake | present | a voice or hand | a little | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent little=Patient |
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
Her tremulous voice showed she was scared.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 voice | nmod:poss |
| 2 | tremulous | tremulous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 voice | amod |
| 3 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 showed | nsubj |
| 4 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 scared | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 scared | cop |
| 7 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 showed | ccomp |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 showed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | Her tremulous voice | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | voice | scared property | tree rules |
Example 2
The old man gave a tremulous smile.
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 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 smile | det |
| 6 | tremulous | tremulous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 smile | amod |
| 7 | smile | smile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the old man | a tremulous smile | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smile=Theme |
Example 3
He spoke in a tremulous whisper.
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 spoke | nsubj |
| 2 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 whisper | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 whisper | det |
| 5 | tremulous | tremulous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 whisper | amod |
| 6 | whisper | whisper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 spoke | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 spoke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | past | He | a tremulous whisper | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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