ail
Who acts: ail, matter, innkeeper, concern, Something, water · What happens: be, ail, ask, make, taste · To what, where: matter, you, trouble, someone, him, concern · Speech: someone speaks here
«ail» 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: ail in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To ail is to be the matter with someone, to be wrong with them; «What ails you?» asks what is wrong.
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 7 matter | mark |
| 2 | ail | ail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 matter | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 matter | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 matter | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 matter | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 matter | det |
| 7 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 asks | nsubj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 someone | case |
| 9 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 matter | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 wrong | punct |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 wrong | mark |
| 12 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 wrong | cop |
| 13 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 someone | acl:relcl |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 them | case |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 wrong | obl |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 ails | punct |
| 17 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 19 ails | punct |
| 18 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 19 ails | nsubj |
| 19 | ails | ail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 matter | parataxis |
| 20 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 19 ails | obj |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 19 ails | punct |
| 22 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 19 ails | punct |
| 23 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 24 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 26 wrong | nsubj |
| 25 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 wrong | cop |
| 26 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 asks | ccomp |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | ail | the matter | with someone | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | ail not said here | with them = they; wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | ail in a quote | present | the matter | you | vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V NP.experiencer»: agent=Patient you=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | ask speech: ask | present | the matter | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
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
To ail is to trouble or make someone unwell.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 ail | mark |
| 2 | ail | ail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 trouble | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 trouble | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 trouble | mark |
| 5 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 make | cc |
| 7 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 trouble | conj |
| 8 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 make | obj |
| 9 | unwell | unwell | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 make | xcomp |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 trouble | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | ail | trouble | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | infinitive | ail not said here | someone | unwell property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset someone=Product |
Example 1
What ails you, little dog?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 ails | nsubj |
| 2 | ails | ail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 ails | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 dog | punct |
| 5 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 dog | amod |
| 6 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ails | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 ails | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ail | present | you | little dog obl | vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V NP.experiencer»: agent=Patient you=Experiencer |
Example 2
The innkeeper asked him in some concern what ailed him.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 innkeeper | det |
| 2 | innkeeper | innkeeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asked | nsubj |
| 3 | asked | ask | 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 asked | iobj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 concern | case |
| 6 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 concern | det |
| 7 | concern | concern | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asked | obl |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 ailed | nsubj |
| 9 | ailed | ail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 concern | acl:relcl |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 ailed | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | the innkeeper | him = he | some concern | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | |||
| 2 | ail | past | some concern | innkeeper | vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V NP.experiencer»: agent=Patient he=Experiencer |
Example 3
Something ails the old well, and the water tastes bad.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 ails | nsubj |
| 2 | ails | ail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 old | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 ails | xcomp |
| 5 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 old | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 tastes | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 tastes | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 water | det |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 tastes | nsubj |
| 10 | tastes | taste | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 ails | conj |
| 11 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 tastes | xcomp |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 ails | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ail | present | Something | old property | vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | taste | present | the water | bad property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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