watchfulness
Who acts: Watchfulness, nothing, your, Wolf, life · What happens: look out, keep, happen, notice, not get, eat · To what, where: alert, enough, boat
«watchfulness» 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: watchfulness in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Watchfulness is careful looking out, keeping alert so that nothing bad happens without your noticing.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Watchfulness | watchfulness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 looking | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 looking | aux |
| 3 | careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 looking | compound |
| 4 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 looking | compound:prt |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 keeping | punct |
| 7 | keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 looking | conj |
| 8 | alert | alert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 keeping | obj |
| 9 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 13 happens | mark |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 so | fixed |
| 11 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 13 happens | nsubj |
| 12 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 nothing | amod |
| 13 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 keeping | advcl |
| 14 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 16 noticing | mark |
| 15 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 noticing | nsubj |
| 16 | noticing | notice | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 happens | advcl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 looking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look out | present · progressive | Watchfulness | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | keep | gerund | Watchfulness not said here | alert | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alert=Theme | ||||
| 3 | happen | present | nothing | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | notice | gerund | your | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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 Wolf could not get enough to eat because of the watchfulness of the Shepherds.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Wolf | det |
| 2 | Wolf | Wolf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 get | nsubj |
| 3 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 get | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 get | advmod |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 get | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 eat | mark |
| 8 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 enough | advcl |
| 9 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 12 watchfulness | case |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 because | fixed |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 watchfulness | det |
| 12 | watchfulness | watchfulness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 eat | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 Shepherds | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Shepherds | det |
| 15 | Shepherds | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 watchfulness | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get | could | the Wolf | enough | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer enough=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | eat | to-infinitive | the Wolf not said here | because the watchfulness of the Shepherds | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
Without my watchfulness our boat would have drifted away.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Without | without | ADP | _ | 3 watchfulness | case |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 watchfulness | nmod:poss |
| 3 | watchfulness | watchfulness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 drifted | obl |
| 4 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 boat | nmod:poss |
| 5 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 drifted | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 drifted | aux |
| 7 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 drifted | aux |
| 8 | drifted | drift | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | away | away | ADV | _ | 8 drifted | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 drifted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drift away | would · perfect · passive | our boat | without my watchfulness; away property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Example 3
A life of watchfulness is tiring.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 life | det |
| 2 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tiring | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 watchfulness | case |
| 4 | watchfulness | watchfulness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 life | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 tiring | cop |
| 6 | tiring | tiring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 tiring | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a life of watchfulness | tiring property | tree rules |
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