bemoan

Who acts: birds, poor woman, woman, They, their · What happens: bemoan, be, cry, grieve, come, lose · To what, where: something, it, Snow White, fate

«bemoan» 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: bemoan in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To bemoan something is to complain sadly about it, or to cry and grieve over it.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 bemoan	mark
2	bemoan	bemoan	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 complain	advcl
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 bemoan	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 complain	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 complain	mark
6	complain	complain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	sadly	sadly	ADV	_	6 complain	advmod
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 complain	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cry	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 cry	cc
12	to	to	PART	_	13 cry	mark
13	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 complain	parataxis
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 grieve	cc
15	grieve	grieve	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 cry	conj
16	over	over	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 grieve	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 complain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	bemoan	to-infinitive	something			tree rules
2	is	present			about it; complain, sadly property	tree rules
3	cry speech: express	to-infinitive				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	grieve	infinitive		it		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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 birds of the air came and bemoaned Snow-White.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 birds	det
2	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 came	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 air	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 air	det
5	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 birds	nmod
6	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 bemoaned	cc
8	bemoaned	bemoan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 came	conj
9	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 White	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 Snow	punct
11	White	White	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 bemoaned	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the birds of the air						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	bemoan	past	the birds of the air not said here	Snow White					tree rules

Example 2

The poor woman bemoaned her lost home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 woman	det
2	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 woman	amod
3	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bemoaned	nsubj
4	bemoaned	bemoan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 lost	nsubj
6	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bemoaned	ccomp
7	home	home	ADV	_	6 lost	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 bemoaned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bemoan	past	the poor woman						tree rules
2	lose	past	woman					home property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

They sat and bemoaned their fate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 bemoaned	cc
4	bemoaned	bemoan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sat	conj
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 fate	nmod:poss
6	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bemoaned	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	sit	past	They		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	bemoan	past	They not said here	their fate	tree rules
3	fate		their = they		nom fate «event transitive»: poss=agent

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