bewail

Who acts: Mule, he, children · What happens: bewail, be, complain, discover, beat · To what, where: something, misfortunes, theft, breast, loss, end · Speech: someone speaks here

«bewail» 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: bewail in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To bewail something is to cry or complain loudly and sadly about a loss or misfortune.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 bewail	mark
2	bewail	bewail	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 cry	csubj
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 bewail	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cry	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 cry	mark
6	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 complain	cc
8	complain	complain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 cry	conj
9	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	8 complain	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sadly	cc
11	sadly	sadly	ADV	_	9 loudly	conj
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 loss	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 loss	det
14	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 complain	obl
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 misfortune	cc
16	misfortune	misfortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 loss	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 cry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bewail	to-infinitive	something		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus
2	be speech: express	present		cry property	tree rules
3	complain speech: other	infinitive		about a loss or misfortune; loudly property	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about loss=Topic

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 Mule bewailed his misfortunes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mule	det
2	Mule	mule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bewailed	nsubj
3	bewailed	bewail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 misfortunes	nmod:poss
5	misfortunes	misfortune	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bewailed	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bewailed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bewail	past	the Mule	Mule's misfortunes					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer misfortune=Stimulus

Example 2

On discovering the theft, he beat his breast and bewailed his loss.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	SCONJ	_	2 discovering	mark
2	discovering	discover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 beat	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 theft	det
4	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discovering	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 discovering	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 beat	nsubj
7	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 breast	nmod:poss
9	breast	breast	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 beat	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 bewailed	cc
11	bewailed	bewail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 beat	conj
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 loss	nmod:poss
13	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bewailed	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 beat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	discover	gerund	he not said here	the theft	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent theft=Topic
2	beat	past	he	his breast	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location breast=Theme
3	bewail	past	he not said here	his loss	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer loss=Stimulus

Example 3

The children bewailed the end of their holiday.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 children	det
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bewailed	nsubj
3	bewailed	bewail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 end	det
5	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bewailed	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 holiday	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 holiday	nmod:poss
8	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 end	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bewailed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bewail	past	the children	the end of children's holiday					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer end=Stimulus

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