yearning
Who acts: She, long cat, He, yearning · What happens: long, have, feel, travel, fill · To what, where: yearning, fit, heart
«yearning» 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: yearning in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A strong, longing wish for someone or something far away or hard to have.
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 | 5 wish | det |
| 2 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 wish | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 strong | punct |
| 4 | longing | long | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 wish | amod |
| 5 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 someone | case |
| 7 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 wish | nmod |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 something | cc |
| 9 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 someone | conj |
| 10 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 11 away | advmod |
| 11 | away | away | ADV | _ | 9 something | advmod |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 hard | cc |
| 13 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 away | conj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 have | mark |
| 15 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 hard | xcomp |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 wish | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | long | gerund | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 2 | have | to-infinitive | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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
She had a yearning for her far-off family.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 yearning | det |
| 4 | yearning | yearning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 family | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 family | nmod:poss |
| 7 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 family | amod |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 off | punct |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 far | compound:prt |
| 10 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | She | a yearning | for her far family | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yearning=Patient |
Example 2
Before long, the cat felt a fit of yearning.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Before | before | ADP | _ | 2 long | case |
| 2 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cat | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 long | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cat | det |
| 5 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 felt | nsubj |
| 6 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 fit | det |
| 8 | fit | fit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 felt | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 yearning | case |
| 10 | yearning | yearning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fit | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 felt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past | the long cat | a fit of yearning | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fit=Theme |
Example 3
He had a yearning to travel.
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 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 yearning | det |
| 4 | yearning | yearning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 travel | mark |
| 6 | travel | travel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 yearning | acl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | He | a yearning | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yearning=Patient | ||||
| 2 | travel | to-infinitive | He not said here | a yearning not said here | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 4
A yearning filled her heart all day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 yearning | det |
| 2 | yearning | yearning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 filled | nsubj |
| 3 | filled | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 heart | nmod:poss |
| 5 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 filled | obj |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 filled | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 filled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill | past | a yearning | yearning's heart | day | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heart=Patient |
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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