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agony

Who acts: waiting, He, agony, you, someone, new shoes · What happens: pain, be, break, wait, lose, stay · To what, where: body, agony, arm, final, long walk, agony aunt · Speech: someone speaks here

«agony» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: agony in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Very great pain of the body.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 great	advmod
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pain	amod
3	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 body	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 body	det
6	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pain	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 pain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pain			the body					nom pain «state transitive»: of=patient

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

Very great worry or sadness of the mind.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 great	advmod
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 worry	amod
3	worry	worry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 sadness	cc
5	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 worry	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 mind	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mind	det
8	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sadness	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 worry	punct

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

Meaning 3

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Something very annoying or hard: «The waiting was agony!».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 annoying	advmod
3	annoying	annoying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Something	amod
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 hard	cc
5	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 annoying	conj
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 agony	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 agony	punct
8	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 waiting	det
9	waiting	waiting	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 agony	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 agony	cop
11	agony	agony	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Something	appos
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	11 agony	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 agony	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Something	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	past	the waiting	agony					tree rules

Example 1

He was in agony after breaking his arm.

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	4 agony	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 agony	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 agony	case
4	agony	agony	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	6 breaking	mark
6	breaking	break	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 agony	acl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 arm	nmod:poss
8	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 breaking	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 agony	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He			agony			tree rules
2	break	gerund	agony not said here	his arm					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arm=Patient

Example 2

Waiting for the results was agony.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 agony	csubj
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 results	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 results	det
4	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Waiting	obl
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 agony	cop
6	agony	agony	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 agony	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	gerund						for the results	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past	Waiting	agony					tree rules

Example 3

The agony of losing the final stayed with her.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 agony	det
2	agony	agony	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stayed	nsubj
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 losing	mark
4	losing	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 agony	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 final	det
6	final	final	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 losing	obj
7	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stayed	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 stayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	gerund	the agony not said here	the final					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent final=Eventuality
2	stay	past	the agony					with her = she	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with she=Location

Example 4

Call for help if someone is in agony.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 help	case
3	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Call	obl
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 agony	mark
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 agony	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 agony	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 agony	case
8	agony	agony	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Call	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	imperative	you not said here					for help	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	someone			agony			tree rules

Example 5

My new shoes were agony on the long walk.

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	3 shoes	nmod:poss
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shoes	amod
3	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 agony	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 agony	cop
5	agony	agony	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 walk	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 walk	det
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 walk	amod
9	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 agony	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 agony	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	My new shoes	agony		the long walk			tree rules

Example 6

The magazine has an agony aunt.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 magazine	det
2	magazine	magazine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 aunt	det
5	agony	agony	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 aunt	compound
6	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the magazine	a agony aunt					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aunt=Patient

Example 7

A cry of agony escaped from him; he struggled to get free, and tottered from her.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cry	det
2	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 escaped	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 agony	case
4	agony	agony	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cry	nmod
5	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 escaped	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 struggled	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 struggled	nsubj
10	struggled	struggle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 escaped	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 get	mark
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 struggled	xcomp
13	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 get	xcomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 tottered	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 tottered	cc
16	tottered	totter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 escaped	conj
17	from	from	ADP	_	18 her	case
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 tottered	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 escaped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape	past	a cry of agony					from him = he	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from he=Initial_Location
2	struggle	past	cry						tree rules
3	get	to-infinitive	cry not said here					free property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	totter	past	a cry of agony not said here					from her = she	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from she=Trajectory
5	cry		agony						nom cry «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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