feeble

Who acts: baby bird, she, That, feeble excuse, torch, He · What happens: be, not fly, say, not do, give, make · To what, where: feeble voice, feeble excuse, homework, feeble light, feeble attempt, box · Speech: someone speaks here

«feeble» in the English dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 11 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: feeble in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Very weak, without strength or energy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 weak	advmod
2	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 strength	punct
4	without	without	ADP	_	5 strength	case
5	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 weak	conj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 energy	cc
7	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 strength	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 weak	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Everyday, meaning 2

Not good enough or not convincing: «a feeble excuse», «a feeble joke».

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 good	advmod
2	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	enough	enough	ADV	_	2 good	advmod
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 convincing	cc
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 convincing	advmod
6	convincing	convincing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 good	conj
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 excuse	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 excuse	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 excuse	det
10	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 excuse	amod
11	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 good	parataxis
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 excuse	punct
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 joke	punct
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 joke	punct
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 joke	det
16	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 joke	amod
17	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 excuse	parataxis
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 joke	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 good	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

The baby bird was feeble and couldn't fly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bird	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bird	compound
3	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feeble	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 feeble	cop
5	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fly	cc
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 fly	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 fly	advmod
9	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 feeble	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 feeble	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the baby bird					feeble property	tree rules
2	not fly	could	the baby bird not said here						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

"Help," she said in a feeble voice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Help	punct
2	Help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	ccomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Help	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Help	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 said	nsubj
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 voice	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 voice	det
9	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 voice	amod
10	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she			a feeble voice		Help ccomp	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in voice=Manner

Example 3

That's a feeble excuse for not doing your homework!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 excuse	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 excuse	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 excuse	det
4	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 excuse	amod
5	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 doing	mark
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 doing	advmod
8	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 excuse	acl
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 homework	nmod:poss
10	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 doing	obj
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 excuse	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	That	a feeble excuse					tree rules
2	not do	gerund	a feeble excuse not said here	your homework					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality

Example 4

The torch gave a feeble light.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 torch	det
2	torch	torch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 light	det
5	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 light	amod
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the torch	a feeble light					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Theme

Example 5

He made a feeble attempt to lift the box.

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 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 attempt	det
4	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 attempt	amod
5	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 lift	mark
7	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 attempt	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 box	det
9	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lift	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	He	a feeble attempt					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attempt=Product
2	lift	to-infinitive	He not said here	the box					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme

Example 6

The joke was so feeble nobody laughed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 joke	det
2	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feeble	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 feeble	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 feeble	advmod
5	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 laughed	nsubj
7	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 feeble	acl:relcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 feeble	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the joke					feeble property	tree rules
2	laugh	past	nobody						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 7

Years went over, and the Giant grew very old and feeble.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADV	_	2 went	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 grew	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 grew	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Giant	det
7	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 grew	nsubj
8	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 old	advmod
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 grew	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 feeble	cc
12	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 old	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go over	past	Years					over property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
2	grow	past	the Giant					old property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 8

but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in; so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. (Torah GEN.30.42, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in; so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 put	cc
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 were	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 flock	det
4	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 were	nsubj
5	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 put	advcl
6	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 were	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 were	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 put	nsubj
9	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 put	obj
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 put	advmod
12	in	in	ADV	_	9 put	advmod
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 feebler	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	16 feebler	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 feebler	det
16	feebler	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	18 Laban	amod
17	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 Laban	cop
18	Laban	Laban	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 put	obl
19	's	's	PART	_	18 Laban	case
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 stronger	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 stronger	cc
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 stronger	det
23	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 put	parataxis
24	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 stronger	obl
25	's	's	PART	_	24 Jacob	case
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	be	past	the flock		feeble property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not put	past	flock	them = they		vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal
3	is	past			's feebler Laban	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Torah GEN.30.42, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.30.42	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.30.42	compound
3	GEN.30.42	GEN.30.42	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.30.42	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.30.42	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 9

Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. (Writings JOB.4.4, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	2 words	nmod:poss
2	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 upholden	nsubj:pass
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 upholden	aux
4	upholden	upholden	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 upholden	obj
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 falling	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 falling	aux
8	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 upholden	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 strengthened	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 strengthened	cc
11	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	13 strengthened	nsubj:pass
12	hast	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 strengthened	aux:pass
13	strengthened	strengthen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 upholden	parataxis
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 knees	det
15	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 knees	amod
16	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 strengthened	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 upholden	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	upholden	present · perfect · passive		Thy words	him = he obj	tree rules
2	fall	past · progressive	that			vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	strengthen	present · passive		thou	the feeble knees obj	tree rules
4	word		Thy			nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Sentence 2: (Writings JOB.4.4, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	JOB.4.4	JOB.4.4	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 JOB.4.4	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 JOB.4.4	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 10

The rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the crags; (Writings PRO.30.26, JPS 1917)

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 badgers	det
2	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 badgers	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 rock	punct
4	badgers	badger	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 folk	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 folk	cop
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 folk	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 folk	det
8	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 folk	amod
9	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 make	punct
11	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	12 make	cc
12	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 folk	parataxis
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 make	obj
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 houses	nmod:poss
15	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 make	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 crags	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 crags	det
18	crags	crag	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 make	obl
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 Writings	punct
20	(	(	PUNCT	_	21 Writings	punct
21	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 folk	appos
22	PRO.30.26	PRO.30.26	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 Writings	appos
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 JPS	punct
24	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 PRO.30.26	flat
25	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	22 PRO.30.26	flat
26	)	)	PUNCT	_	21 Writings	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the rock badgers	a feeble folk				Writings appos	tree rules
2	make	infinitive		badgers = badger		the crags		badgers's houses obj	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset they=Beneficiary house=Product

Example 11

And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were affrighted. (Prophets 2SA.4.1, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were affrighted.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	16 became	cc
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 heard	advmod
3	Saul	Saul	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 son	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Saul	case
5	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 heard	nsubj
6	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 became	advcl
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 dead	mark
8	Abner	Abner	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 dead	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 dead	cop
10	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 heard	ccomp
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 Hebron	case
12	Hebron	Hebron	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 dead	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 heard	punct
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 hands	nmod:poss
15	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 became	nsubj
16	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 became	xcomp
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 affrighted	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 affrighted	cc
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	22 Israelites	det:predet
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Israelites	det
22	Israelites	Israelite	PROPN	Number=Plur	24 affrighted	nsubj
23	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 affrighted	aux:pass
24	affrighted	affright	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 became	conj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past	Saul's son				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	past	Abner		Hebron	dead property	tree rules
3	become	past	Abner's hands			feeble property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
4	affright	past · passive		all Israelites			tree rules

Sentence 2: (Prophets 2SA.4.1, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	2SA.4.1	2SA.4.1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Prophets	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 1917	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 1917	nmod:unmarked
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 2SA.4.1	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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📖 feeble

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

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