trundle
Who acts: milk cart, Lambikin, old man, We, bus · What happens: trundle, be, bump, trundle down, trundle along, sing · To what, where: sound, lane, Lambikin, barrow, bus, school
«trundle» 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: trundle in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To trundle is to roll along slowly and heavily, with a rumbling or bumping sound.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 trundle | mark |
| 2 | trundle | trundle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 roll | csubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 roll | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 roll | mark |
| 5 | roll | roll | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | along | along | ADV | _ | 5 roll | advmod |
| 7 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 5 roll | advmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 heavily | cc |
| 9 | heavily | heavily | ADV | _ | 7 slowly | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 rumbling | punct |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 rumbling | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 rumbling | det |
| 13 | rumbling | rumbling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 roll | obl |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 bumping | cc |
| 15 | bumping | bump | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 rumbling | conj |
| 16 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 bumping | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 roll | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trundle | to-infinitive | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | with a rumbling; along, roll, slowly property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | bump | gerund | sound | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=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
The milk cart trundled down the lane.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cart | det |
| 2 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cart | compound |
| 3 | cart | cart | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | trundled | trundle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 cart | acl |
| 5 | down | down | ADP | _ | 4 trundled | compound:prt |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lane | det |
| 7 | lane | lane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trundled | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 cart | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trundle down | participle | the milk cart not said here | the lane | vn drive-11.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lane=Theme |
Example 2
Lambikin trundled along, singing to himself.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lambikin | Lambikin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 trundled | nsubj |
| 2 | trundled | trundle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | along | along | ADV | _ | 2 trundled | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 singing | punct |
| 5 | singing | sing | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 trundled | advcl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 himself | case |
| 7 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 singing | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 trundled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trundle along | past | Lambikin | along property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sing speech: express | gerund | Lambikin not said here | Lambikin | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient |
Example 3
The old man trundled his barrow up the hill.
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 trundled | nsubj |
| 4 | trundled | trundle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 barrow | nmod:poss |
| 6 | barrow | barrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trundled | obj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 hill | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hill | det |
| 9 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trundled | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 trundled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trundle | past | the old man | man's barrow | up the hill | vn drive-11.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barrow=Theme |
Example 4
We heard the bus trundling past the school.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 heard | nsubj |
| 2 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bus | det |
| 4 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 heard | obj |
| 5 | trundling | trundle | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 bus | acl |
| 6 | past | past | ADP | _ | 8 school | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 school | det |
| 8 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 trundling | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 heard | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | We | the bus | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bus=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | trundle | gerund | the bus not said here | the school | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past school=Trajectory |
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