waft

Who acts: light breeze, waft, smell, bread, feather, cloud · What happens: be, carry, waft, smell, waft down · To what, where: air, something, water, kitchen, tree, sky

«waft» 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: waft in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To waft is to move gently through the air, like a light breeze carrying something along.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 waft	mark
2	waft	waft	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 move	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 move	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 move	mark
5	move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	gently	gently	ADV	_	5 move	advmod
7	through	through	ADP	_	9 air	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 air	det
9	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 move	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 breeze	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	14 breeze	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 breeze	det
13	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 breeze	compound
14	breeze	breeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 move	parataxis
15	carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 breeze	acl
16	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	15 carrying	obj
17	along	along	ADV	_	15 carrying	advmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 move	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present				the air		gently, move property	tree rules
2	carry	gerund	a light breeze not said here	something				along property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=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 waft is to carry someone or something away over water or through the air.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 waft	mark
2	waft	waft	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carry	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 carry	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 carry	mark
5	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 carry	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 something	cc
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 someone	conj
9	away	away	ADV	_	5 carry	advmod
10	over	over	ADP	_	11 water	case
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carry	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 air	cc
13	through	through	ADP	_	15 air	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 air	det
15	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 water	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 carry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	waft			water or the air		away, carry property	tree rules

Example 1

The smell of bread wafted from the kitchen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 smell	det
2	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wafted	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 bread	case
4	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smell	nmod
5	wafted	waft	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 kitchen	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kitchen	det
8	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wafted	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 wafted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	waft	past	the smell of bread			the kitchen			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	smell		bread						nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Example 2

A feather wafted down from the tree.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 feather	det
2	feather	feather	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wafted	nsubj
3	wafted	waft	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	down	down	ADV	_	3 wafted	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 tree	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tree	det
7	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wafted	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wafted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	waft down	past	a feather			the tree		down property	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

The cloud wafted slowly across the sky.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cloud	det
2	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wafted	nsubj
3	wafted	waft	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 wafted	advmod
5	across	across	ADP	_	7 sky	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sky	det
7	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wafted	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wafted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	waft	past	the cloud			the sky		slowly property	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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