wandering

Who acts: wandering, he, his, wandering prince · What happens: be, take, fix, wonder, mean, move · To what, where: journey, place, fixed home

«wandering» 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: wandering in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A wandering is a journey taken from place to place with no fixed aim.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wandering	det
2	wandering	wandering	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 journey	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 journey	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 journey	det
5	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 journey	acl
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 place	case
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 taken	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 place	case
10	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 taken	obl
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 aim	case
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 aim	det
13	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 aim	amod
14	aim	aim	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 place	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 journey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a wandering	a journey			tree rules
2	take	participle		a journey not said here	place	to place with no fixed aim	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent from place=Initial_Location to place=Destination
3	fix	participle					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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.

Meaning 2

Wandering means moving from place to place with no fixed home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wandering	wonder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 place	case
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moving	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 place	case
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moving	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 home	case
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 home	det
10	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 home	amod
11	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 place	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	where	other	roles by
1	wonder speech: ask	gerund			vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	move not said to happen	gerund	place	to place with no fixed home	vn slide-11.2 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from place=Initial_Location to place=Destination
4	fix	participle			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Example 1

After his wanderings, he came home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 wanderings	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 wanderings	nmod:poss
3	wanderings	wandering	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 came	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 wanderings	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 came	nsubj
6	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	home	home	ADV	_	6 came	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	he				after his wanderings	home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	wander		his = he						nom wandering «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

The wandering prince had no fixed home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prince	det
2	wandering	wonder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 prince	amod
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 home	det
6	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 home	amod
7	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wonder speech: ask	gerund			vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	have	past	the wandering prince	no fixed home	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Patient
3	fix	participle			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Example 3

He sat down, tired from his wanderings.

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 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 sat	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 tired	punct
5	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sat	parataxis
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 wanderings	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 wanderings	nmod:poss
8	wanderings	wandering	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tired	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit down	past	He						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wander		his = he						nom wandering «act transitive»: poss=agent

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