grief

Who acts: someone, Good grief, She, dog, Grief, you · What happens: die, lose, give, mean, annoy, bother · To what, where: deep strong sadness, someone grief, them, surprise, you, Good grief · Speech: someone speaks here

«grief» in the English dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 10 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: grief in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

A deep, strong sadness, especially when someone or a pet dies or is lost.

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 sadness	det
2	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sadness	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 deep	punct
4	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sadness	amod
5	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 dies	punct
7	especially	especially	ADV	_	13 dies	advmod
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 dies	mark
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 dies	nsubj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 pet	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 pet	det
12	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 someone	conj
13	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sadness	parataxis
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 lost	cc
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 lost	aux:pass
16	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 dies	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sadness	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	present	someone a pet					especially property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	lose	present · passive	someone a pet not said here						vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»

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.

Everyday, meaning 2

"Give someone grief" means annoy, bother or criticise them (informal).

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Give	punct
2	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 means	csubj
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 grief	compound
4	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Give	obj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Give	punct
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	annoy	annoy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 means	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bother	punct
9	bother	bother	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 annoy	conj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 criticise	cc
11	criticise	criticise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 annoy	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 criticise	obj
13	(	(	PUNCT	_	14 informal	punct
14	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 criticise	parataxis
15	)	)	PUNCT	_	14 informal	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	give in a quote	infinitive	someone grief	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grief=Theme
2	mean	present		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	annoy	infinitive		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	bother	infinitive		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	criticise	infinitive	them = they	tree rules

Everyday, meaning 3

"Good grief!" shows surprise or annoyance.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 grief	punct
2	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grief	amod
3	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shows	nsubj
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 grief	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 grief	punct
6	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shows	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 annoyance	cc
9	annoyance	annoyance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 surprise	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	Good grief	surprise or annoyance					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent surprise=Recipient

Example 1

She was full of grief when her dog died.

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	3 full	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 full	cop
3	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 grief	case
5	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 full	obl
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 died	mark
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 dog	nmod:poss
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 died	nsubj
9	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 full	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 full	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					of grief; full property	tree rules
2	die	past	her dog						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Example 2

Grief can make you feel tired and sad.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 make	aux
3	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 make	obj
5	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 make	xcomp
6	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feel	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sad	cc
8	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tired	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	can	Grief	you					tree rules
2	feel	infinitive	you not said here					tired property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 3

Talking helps with grief.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 grief	case
4	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 helps	obl
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	gerund							vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	help	present						with grief	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with grief=Theme

Example 4

Good grief, what a mess!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grief	amod
2	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mess	punct
4	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	6 mess	det
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mess	det
6	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grief	conj
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 grief	punct

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

Example 5

My brother gave me grief about my haircut.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 gave	iobj
5	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 haircut	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 haircut	nmod:poss
8	haircut	haircut	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grief	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	My brother	grief	me			about my haircut	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient grief=Theme

Example 6

The ship came to grief on the rocks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ship	det
2	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 grief	case
5	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 rocks	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rocks	det
8	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 came	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the ship			the rocks		to grief	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to grief=Initial_Location

Example 7

‘What secret grief is troubling you?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	‘	'	PUNCT	_	6 troubling	punct
2	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	4 grief	det
3	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 grief	amod
4	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 troubling	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 troubling	aux
6	troubling	trouble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 troubling	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 troubling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trouble	present · progressive	what secret grief	you					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer

Example 8

I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips would assuage your grief. (Writings JOB.16.5, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips would assuage your grief.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 strengthen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 strengthen	aux
3	strengthen	strengthen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 strengthen	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 mouth	case
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mouth	nmod:poss
7	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 strengthen	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 assuage	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 assuage	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 moving	det
11	moving	moving	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 assuage	nsubj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 lips	case
13	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 lips	nmod:poss
14	lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 moving	nmod
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 assuage	aux
16	assuage	assuage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 strengthen	conj
17	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 grief	nmod:poss
18	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 assuage	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 strengthen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strengthen	would	I	you				with my mouth	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent you=Patient with mouth=Instrument
2	assuage	would	the moving of my lips	your grief					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus grief=Experiencer

Sentence 2: (Writings JOB.16.5, 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.16.5	JOB.16.5	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 JOB.16.5	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 JOB.16.5	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 9

A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother. (Writings PRO.10.1, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 son	det
2	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 son	amod
3	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 maketh	nsubj
4	maketh	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 father	det
6	glad	glad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 father	amod
7	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 maketh	obj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 grief	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 grief	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 son	det
11	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 son	amod
12	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 grief	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 grief	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 grief	det
15	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 maketh	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 mother	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 mother	nmod:poss
18	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 grief	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 maketh	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	a wise son	a glad father					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Product
2	is a	present	a foolish son	the grief				of son's mother	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Writings PRO.10.1, 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	PRO.10.1	PRO.10.1	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PRO.10.1	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PRO.10.1	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 10

For though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies. (Writings LAM.3.32, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: For though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	SCONJ	_	4 cause	mark
2	though	though	SCONJ	_	4 cause	mark
3	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cause	nsubj
4	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 have	punct
7	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	10 have	cc
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 have	aux
9	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 have	nsubj
10	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 cause	conj
11	compassion	compassion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 have	obj
12	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 multitude	case
13	to	to	ADP	_	12 according	fixed
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 multitude	det
15	multitude	multitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 have	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 mercies	case
17	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 mercies	nmod:poss
18	mercies	mercy	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 multitude	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cause	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	past	He	grief		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition grief=Patient
2	have	future	He	compassion	accord the multitude of His mercies	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compassion=Patient
3	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: (Writings LAM.3.32, 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	LAM.3.32	LAM.3.32	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 LAM.3.32	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 LAM.3.32	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

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📖 grief

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

Everyday, meaning 3

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