adrift

Who acts: Floating, one, boat, land, He · What happens: float, tie up, steer, lose, not know, be · To what, where: water, rope, adrift, him, sea · Speech: someone speaks here

«adrift» 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: adrift in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Floating loose on water without being tied up or steered.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Floating	float	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 tied	csubj:pass
2	loose	loose	ADV	_	1 Floating	advmod
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 water	case
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Floating	obl
5	without	without	SCONJ	_	7 tied	mark
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 tied	aux:pass
7	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 tied	compound:prt
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 steered	cc
10	steered	steer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 tied	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 tied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	float	gerund		water	loose property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on water=Trajectory
2	tie up	gerund · passive	Floating			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»
3	steer	participle	Floating not said here			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

Lost, with no clear course, direction or purpose; not knowing where one is.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 course	punct
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 course	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 course	det
5	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 course	amod
6	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lost	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 direction	punct
8	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 course	appos
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 purpose	cc
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 direction	conj
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 knowing	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 knowing	advmod
13	knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Lost	advcl
14	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	16 is	advmod
15	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 is	nsubj
16	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 knowing	ccomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Lost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	lose	participle		with no clear course	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not know	gerund			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	be	present	one		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

The boat broke its rope and drifted adrift.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boat	det
2	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broke	nsubj
3	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 rope	nmod:poss
5	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broke	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 drifted	cc
7	drifted	drift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 broke	conj
8	adrift	adrift	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drifted	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 broke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	the boat	boat's rope					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rope=Patient
2	drift	past	the boat not said here	adrift					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adrift=Agent

Example 2

The land cast him adrift.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 land	det
2	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cast	nsubj
3	cast	cast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cast	obj
5	adrift	adrift	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cast	xcomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cast	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cast	past	the land	him = he				adrift property	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Product

Example 3

He was adrift far out at sea.

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	3 adrift	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 adrift	cop
3	adrift	adrift	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 out	advmod
5	out	out	ADV	_	3 adrift	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 sea	case
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 adrift	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 adrift	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He			sea		adrift, out property	tree rules

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