anguish
Who acts: Anguish, She, storm, His, Fionn · What happens: be, weep, grow, come, anguish, cry out · To what, where: great pain, anguish
«anguish» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: anguish in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Anguish is very great pain or sorrow of the mind or heart.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anguish | anguish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pain | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 pain | cop |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 great | advmod |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 pain | amod |
| 5 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 sorrow | cc |
| 7 | sorrow | sorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pain | conj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 mind | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 mind | det |
| 10 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pain | nmod |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 heart | cc |
| 12 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 mind | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 pain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Anguish | great pain or sorrow | of the mind or heart | 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.
Example 1
She wept in anguish.
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 | 2 wept | nsubj |
| 2 | wept | weep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 anguish | case |
| 4 | anguish | anguish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wept | obl |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wept | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | weep | past | She | in anguish | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in anguish=Theme |
Example 2
His anguish grew as the storm came.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 anguish | nmod:poss |
| 2 | anguish | anguish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grew | nsubj |
| 3 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 came | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 storm | det |
| 6 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 came | nsubj |
| 7 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 grew | advcl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 grew | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | past | His anguish | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | come | past | the storm | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | anguish | His = he | nom anguish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |
Example 3
Fionn cried out in anguish for his son.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fionn | Fionn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 cried | nsubj |
| 2 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 cried | compound:prt |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 anguish | case |
| 5 | anguish | anguish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cried | obl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 son | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 son | nmod:poss |
| 8 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cried | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 cried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry out speech: express | past | Fionn | anguish | for Fionn's son | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in anguish=Location |
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