--- title: loiter — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics description: «loiter» in the school dictionary: To loiter is to stand or wait about without hurrying and without a clear reason. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loiter/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/) / loiter # loiter **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** loiter, be, wait, hurry, not loiter · **To what, where:** prince, way, Two boys «loiter» 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: [loiter in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/loiter.md). ## Meaning 1 {#m1} To loiter is to stand or wait about without hurrying and without a clear reason. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:school:loiter:m1:1 # text = To loiter is to stand or wait about without hurrying and without a clear reason. 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 loiter loiter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 csubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 about about ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 without without SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 hurrying hurry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 without without ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **loiter** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | stand *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **wait** | infinitive | | | | | | about *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hurry** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 {#x1} The prince loitered about all day. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:school:loiter:x1:1 # text = The prince loitered about all day. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 loitered loiter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **loiter** | participle | | the prince *not said here* | | | day | | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ## Example 2 {#x2} Don't loiter on the way to school. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:school:loiter:x2:1 # text = Don't loiter on the way to school. 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 loiter loiter VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **loiter** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | | | the way to school | | | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on way=Location | ## Example 3 {#x3} Two boys loitered by the gate. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:school:loiter:x3:1 # text = Two boys loitered by the gate. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 loitered loiter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **loiter** | participle | | Two boys *not said here* | | | | by the gate | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by gate=Location | **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. - ← previous: [loin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loin/) - next →: [lollipop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lollipop/) - ↑ back to [L in school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/)