awful Who acts: Awful, you, awful lot, weather, we, medicine · What happens: mean, feel, be, stay, taste, think · To what, where: large amount, cold, pencil, way, awful news · Speech: someone speaks here
«awful» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: awful in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Awful means very bad or unpleasant: awful weather, an awful smell.
nsubj advmod xcomp cc conj punct amod parataxis punct det amod conj punct root Awful ADJ means VERB very ADV bad ADJ or CCONJ unpleasant ADJ : PUNCT awful ADJ weather NOUN , PUNCT an DET awful ADJ smell NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Awful awful ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 very very ADV _ 4 bad advmod 4 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 5 or or CCONJ _ 6 unpleasant cc 6 unpleasant unpleasant ADJ Degree=Pos 4 bad conj 7 : : PUNCT _ 9 weather punct 8 awful awful ADJ Degree=Pos 9 weather amod 9 weather weather NOUN Number=Sing 2 means parataxis 10 , , PUNCT _ 13 smell punct 11 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 smell det 12 awful awful ADJ Degree=Pos 13 smell amod 13 smell smell NOUN Number=Sing 9 weather conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Awful bad property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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 If you feel awful, you feel ill or very unhappy or guilty.
mark nsubj advcl xcomp punct nsubj xcomp cc advmod conj cc conj punct root If SCONJ you PRON feel VERB awful ADJ , PUNCT you PRON feel VERB ill ADJ or CCONJ very ADV unhappy ADJ or CCONJ guilty ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 If if SCONJ _ 3 feel mark 2 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 feel nsubj 3 feel feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 feel advcl 4 awful awful ADJ Degree=Pos 3 feel xcomp 5 , , PUNCT _ 3 feel punct 6 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 7 feel nsubj 7 feel feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 ill ill ADJ Degree=Pos 7 feel xcomp 9 or or CCONJ _ 11 unhappy cc 10 very very ADV _ 11 unhappy advmod 11 unhappy unhappy ADJ Degree=Pos 8 ill conj 12 or or CCONJ _ 13 guilty cc 13 guilty guilty ADJ Degree=Pos 11 unhappy conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 7 feel punct
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1 feel a condition, not said to happen present you awful property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus 2 feel present you ill property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Meaning 3 Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.
«An awful lot» means a very large amount.
punct det amod nsubj punct det advmod amod obj punct root « PUNCT An DET awful ADJ lot NOUN » PUNCT means VERB a DET very ADV large ADJ amount NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 4 lot punct 2 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 lot det 3 awful awful ADJ Degree=Pos 4 lot amod 4 lot lot NOUN Number=Sing 6 means nsubj 5 » » PUNCT _ 4 lot punct 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 amount det 8 very very ADV _ 9 large advmod 9 large large ADJ Degree=Pos 10 amount amod 10 amount amount NOUN Number=Sing 6 means obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct
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1 mean present a awful lot a large amount vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amount=Topic
Meaning 4 In old writing, awful meant «full of awe», very impressive and frightening.
The tree, 12 words case amod obl punct nsubj punct ccomp case obl punct punct advmod parataxis cc conj punct root In ADP old ADJ writing NOUN , PUNCT awful ADJ meant VERB « PUNCT full ADJ of ADP awe NOUN » PUNCT , PUNCT very ADV impressive ADJ and CCONJ frightening ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 writing case 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 3 writing amod 3 writing writing NOUN Number=Sing 6 meant obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 writing punct 5 awful awful ADJ Degree=Pos 6 meant nsubj 6 meant mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 « « PUNCT _ 8 full punct 8 full full ADJ Degree=Pos 6 meant ccomp 9 of of ADP _ 10 awe case 10 awe awe NOUN Number=Sing 8 full obl 11 » » PUNCT _ 8 full punct 12 , , PUNCT _ 14 impressive punct 13 very very ADV _ 14 impressive advmod 14 impressive impressive ADJ Degree=Pos 6 meant parataxis 15 and and CCONJ _ 16 frightening cc 16 frightening frightening ADJ Degree=Pos 14 impressive conj 17 . . PUNCT _ 6 meant punct
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1 mean past awful in old writing vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in writing=Attribute
Example 1 The weather was awful, so we stayed inside.
det nsubj cop punct advmod nsubj parataxis advmod punct root The DET weather NOUN was AUX awful ADJ , PUNCT so ADV we PRON stayed VERB inside ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 weather det 2 weather weather NOUN Number=Sing 4 awful nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 awful cop 4 awful awful ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 stayed punct 6 so so ADV _ 8 stayed advmod 7 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 stayed nsubj 8 stayed stay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 awful parataxis 9 inside inside ADV _ 8 stayed advmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 awful punct
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1 is past the weather awful property tree rules 2 stay past we inside property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 2 This medicine tastes awful.
det nsubj xcomp punct root This DET medicine NOUN tastes VERB awful ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 This this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 2 medicine det 2 medicine medicine NOUN Number=Sing 3 tastes nsubj 3 tastes taste VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 awful awful ADJ Degree=Pos 3 tastes xcomp 5 . . PUNCT _ 3 tastes punct
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1 taste present this medicine awful property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Example 3 I feel awful — I think I have a cold.
nsubj xcomp punct nsubj parataxis nsubj ccomp det obj punct root I PRON feel VERB awful ADJ — PUNCT I PRON think VERB I PRON have VERB a DET cold NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 feel nsubj 2 feel feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 awful awful ADJ Degree=Pos 2 feel xcomp 4 — - PUNCT _ 6 think punct 5 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 think nsubj 6 think think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 feel parataxis 7 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 have nsubj 8 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 think ccomp 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 cold det 10 cold cold NOUN Number=Sing 8 have obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 feel punct
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1 feel present I awful property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus 2 think speech: other present I vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 3 have present I a cold vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Patient
Example 4 I felt awful about breaking her pencil.
nsubj xcomp mark advcl nmod:poss obj punct root I PRON felt VERB awful ADJ about SCONJ breaking VERB her PRON pencil NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 felt nsubj 2 felt feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 awful awful ADJ Degree=Pos 2 felt xcomp 4 about about SCONJ _ 5 breaking mark 5 breaking break VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 felt advcl 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 pencil nmod:poss 7 pencil pencil NOUN Number=Sing 5 breaking obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 felt punct
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1 feel past I awful property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus 2 break gerund I not said here her pencil vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pencil=Patient
Example 5 There is an awful lot of homework this week.
expl det amod nsubj case nmod det obl:unmarked punct root There PRON is VERB an DET awful ADJ lot NOUN of ADP homework NOUN this DET week NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 is expl 2 is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 lot det 4 awful awful ADJ Degree=Pos 5 lot amod 5 lot lot NOUN Number=Sing 2 is nsubj 6 of of ADP _ 7 homework case 7 homework homework NOUN Number=Sing 5 lot nmod 8 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 9 week det 9 week week NOUN Number=Sing 2 is obl:unmarked 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 is punct
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1 be present a awful lot of homework there week vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 6 What an awful smell!
det amod nsubj punct root What PRON an DET awful ADJ smell NOUN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 smell det 3 awful awful ADJ Degree=Pos 4 smell amod 4 smell smell NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ! ! PUNCT _ 1 What punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 7 The traffic was awful on the way to school.
det nsubj cop case det obl case nmod punct root The DET traffic NOUN was AUX awful ADJ on ADP the DET way NOUN to ADP school NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 traffic det 2 traffic traffic NOUN Number=Sing 4 awful nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 awful cop 4 awful awful ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 on on ADP _ 7 way case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 way det 7 way way NOUN Number=Sing 4 awful obl 8 to to ADP _ 9 school case 9 school school NOUN Number=Sing 7 way nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 awful punct
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1 is past the traffic the way to school awful property tree rules
Example 8 That's awful news; I'm sorry.
nsubj cop amod punct nsubj cop conj punct root That PRON 's AUX awful ADJ news NOUN ; PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX sorry ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 news nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 news cop 3 awful awful ADJ Degree=Pos 4 news amod 4 news news NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 ; ; PUNCT _ 8 sorry punct 6 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 sorry nsubj 7 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 sorry cop 8 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos 4 news conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 news punct
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1 is a present That awful news tree rules 2 is present I sorry property tree rules
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