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title: whispering — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «whispering» in the school dictionary: Whispering is speaking very softly, so only people close by can hear. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# whispering

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**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

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«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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/whispering.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:whispering:m1:1
# text = Whispering is speaking very softly, so only people close by can hear.
1	Whispering	whisper	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	softly	softly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
10	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 |

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

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:whispering:m2:1
# text = A whispering is a soft, secret talk, often about someone.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	whispering	whispering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	often	often	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#x1}

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I was woken by their whisperings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:whispering:x1:1
# text = I was woken by their whisperings.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	woken	wake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	whisperings	whispering	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#x2}

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The class fell quiet with whispering.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:whispering:x2:1
# text = The class fell quiet with whispering.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	whispering	whispering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#x3}

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The whispering wind moved the leaves.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:whispering:x3:1
# text = The whispering wind moved the leaves.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whispering	whispering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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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