whispering

Who acts: people, whispering, whisperings, their, class, whispering wind · What happens: whisper, speak, hear, be, wake, fall · To what, where: soft secret talk, I, leaves · Speech: someone speaks here

«whispering» 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: whispering in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Whispering is speaking very softly, so only people close by can hear.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whispering	whisper	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 speaking	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 speaking	aux
3	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 softly	advmod
5	softly	softly	ADV	_	3 speaking	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 hear	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	13 hear	advmod
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 people	advmod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 hear	nsubj
10	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 people	amod
11	by	by	ADP	_	10 close	fixed
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 hear	aux
13	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 speaking	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 speaking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	gerund			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	speak speech: other	present · progressive		softly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	hear	can	people		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: 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.

Meaning 2

A whispering is a soft, secret talk, often about someone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 whispering	det
2	whispering	whispering	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 talk	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 talk	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 talk	det
5	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 talk	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 soft	punct
7	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 talk	amod
8	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 someone	punct
10	often	often	ADV	_	12 someone	advmod
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 someone	case
12	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 talk	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 talk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a whispering	a soft secret talk				about someone	tree rules

Example 1

I was woken by their whisperings.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 woken	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 woken	aux:pass
3	woken	wake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 whisperings	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 whisperings	nmod:poss
6	whisperings	whispering	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 woken	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 woken	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	past · passive	their whisperings	I					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	whisper		their = they						nom whispering «event transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

The class fell quiet with whispering.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 class	det
2	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	nsubj
3	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fell	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 whispering	case
6	whispering	whispering	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the class					with whispering; quiet property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

The whispering wind moved the leaves.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wind	det
2	whispering	whispering	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wind	compound
3	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 moved	nsubj
4	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 leaves	det
6	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 moved	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 moved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past	the whispering wind	the leaves					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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