barrenness

Who acts: Barrenness, crops, Farmers, old tree · What happens: be, grow, have, make, fear, stand · To what, where: state, children, them, barrenness

«barrenness» 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: barrenness in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Barrenness is the state of being bare and empty, with no crops growing, or of being unable to have children.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Barrenness	barrenness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 state	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 state	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 state	det
4	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 bare	case
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 bare	cop
7	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 state	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 empty	cc
9	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bare	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 growing	punct
11	with	with	SCONJ	_	14 growing	mark
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 crops	det
13	crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 growing	nsubj
14	growing	grow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 bare	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 unable	punct
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 unable	cc
17	of	of	SCONJ	_	19 unable	mark
18	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 unable	cop
19	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 state	conj
20	to	to	PART	_	21 have	mark
21	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 unable	xcomp
22	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 have	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 state	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Barrenness	the state		tree rules
2	is	gerund			bare property	tree rules
3	be					tree rules
4	grow	gerund	no crops			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	is	gerund	Barrenness not said here		unable property	tree rules
6	have	to-infinitive	Barrenness not said here	children		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=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.

Example 1

The barrenness of the desert made them thirsty.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 barrenness	det
2	barrenness	barrenness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 desert	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 desert	det
5	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 barrenness	nmod
6	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 made	obj
8	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 made	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the barrenness of the desert	them = they				thirsty property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product

Example 2

Farmers feared the barrenness of the dry winter field.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 barrenness	det
4	barrenness	barrenness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feared	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 field	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 field	det
7	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 field	amod
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 field	compound
9	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 barrenness	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 feared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	Farmers	the barrenness of the dry winter field					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer barrenness=Stimulus

Example 3

The old tree stood in barrenness, with no leaves at all.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tree	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tree	amod
3	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stood	nsubj
4	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 barrenness	case
6	barrenness	barrenness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stood	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 leaves	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 leaves	case
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 leaves	det
10	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stood	parataxis
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 leaves	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the old tree			barrenness			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in barrenness=Location

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