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title: groping — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «groping» in the school dictionary: Feeling about with the hands in the dark or when unable to see. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# groping

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**Who acts:** he, groping hand · **What happens:** feel, see, search, grope, find, bump · **To what, where:** way, groping child, chair, door handle

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«groping» 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: [groping in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/groping.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Feeling about with the hands in the dark or when unable to see.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:groping:m1:1
# text = Feeling about with the hands in the dark or when unable to see.
1	Feeling	feel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	about	about	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	11	mark	_	_
11	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with the hands; in the dark; about *property* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Theme in dark=Attribute |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 {#m2}

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Searching slowly and uncertainly for a way.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:groping:m2:1
# text = Searching slowly and uncertainly for a way.
1	Searching	search	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	uncertainly	uncertainly	ADV	RB	_	2	conj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **search** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for a way; slowly *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for way=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Groping round, he found his way back to his room.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:groping:x1:1
# text = Groping round, he found his way back to his room.
1	Groping	grope	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
2	round	round	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grope** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **find** | past | he | his way |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The groping child bumped into a chair.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:groping:x2:1
# text = The groping child bumped into a chair.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	groping	grope	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	bumped	bump	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grope** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bump** | participle |  | the groping child *not said here* |  | a chair |  |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into chair=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Her groping hand found the door handle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:groping:x3:1
# text = Her groping hand found the door handle.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	groping	grope	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	handle	handle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grope** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **find** | past | Her groping hand | the door handle |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handle=Topic |

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**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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