avail

Who acts: Avail, shouting, our, medicine, That · What happens: mean, use, help, not help, avail, be · To what, where: all, someone, him · Speech: someone speaks here

«avail» 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: avail in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

Avail means use or help: «of no avail» means it did not help at all.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Avail	avail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 help	cc
5	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 use	conj
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 means	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 means	punct
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 avail	case
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 avail	det
10	avail	avail	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 means	obl
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 avail	punct
12	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	parataxis
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 help	nsubj
14	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 help	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 help	advmod
16	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 means	ccomp
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 all	case
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 help	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Avail			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	use	infinitive				vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	help	infinitive				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
4	mean	present			of no avail	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	not help	past · do-support	Avail	all		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: 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

Usage: verb, formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To avail is to be of use or to help someone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 avail	mark
2	avail	avail	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 use	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 use	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	7 use	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 use	cop
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 use	case
7	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 help	cc
9	to	to	PART	_	10 help	mark
10	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 use	conj
11	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 help	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	to whom	other	roles by
1	avail	to-infinitive			tree rules
2	is	present		of use	tree rules
3	help	to-infinitive	someone		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Beneficiary

Example 1

All our shouting was of no avail.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 shouting	det:predet
2	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 shouting	nmod:poss
3	shouting	shouting	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 avail	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 avail	cop
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 avail	case
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 avail	det
7	avail	avail	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 avail	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	our shouting					of no avail	tree rules
2	shout		our						nom shouting «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

The medicine did not avail him.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 medicine	det
2	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 avail	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 avail	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 avail	advmod
5	avail	avail	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 avail	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 avail	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not avail	past · do-support	the medicine	him = he					tree rules

Example 3

That will avail him little.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 avail	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 avail	aux
3	avail	avail	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 avail	obj
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 avail	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 avail	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avail	future	That	him = he					tree rules

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