benighted

Who acts: night, you · What happens: catch out, come, reach, lack, benight, have · To what, where: dark, knowledge, I, forest, poor tailor

«benighted» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 2 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: benighted in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

caught out in the dark, when night comes before you reach home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 comes	advcl
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 caught	compound:prt
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 dark	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dark	det
5	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 caught	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 comes	punct
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 comes	advmod
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 comes	nsubj
9	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 reach	mark
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 reach	nsubj
12	reach	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 comes	advcl
13	home	home	ADV	_	12 reach	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 comes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	catch out	participle	night not said here	the dark		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	come	present	night			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	reach	present	you		home property	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: 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: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

lacking knowledge or understanding.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	lacking	lack	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 lacking	obj
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 understanding	cc
4	understanding	understanding	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knowledge	conj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 lacking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lack	gerund		knowledge or understanding					tree rules

Example 1

I was benighted in the forest and had nowhere to sleep.

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	3 benighted	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 benighted	aux:pass
3	benighted	benight	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 forest	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 forest	det
6	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 benighted	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 had	cc
8	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 benighted	conj
9	nowhere	nowhere	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 had	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 sleep	mark
11	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 nowhere	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 benighted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	benight	past · passive	I	the forest		tree rules
2	have	past			nowhere property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	sleep	to-infinitive				vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The poor tailor was benighted and begged for a place in the hut.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tailor	det
2	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tailor	amod
3	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 benighted	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 benighted	aux:pass
5	benighted	benight	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 begged	cc
7	begged	beg	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 benighted	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 place	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 place	det
10	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 begged	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 hut	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hut	det
13	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 place	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 benighted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	benight	past · passive		the poor tailor					tree rules
2	beg speech: request	participle						for a place in the hut	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for place=Topic

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