bewildered

Who acts: night, I, rules · What happens: bewilder, mean, happen, do, ask, lose · To what, where: lost boys, wife · Speech: someone speaks here

«bewildered» 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: bewildered in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Bewildered means confused and not sure what is happening or what to do.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bewildered	bewilder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	confused	confused	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sure	cc
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 sure	advmod
6	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 confused	conj
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 happening	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 happening	aux
9	happening	happen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 sure	ccomp
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 do	cc
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 do	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 do	mark
13	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 happening	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	bewilder	participle		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	mean	present	confused property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	happen	present · progressive		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	do	to-infinitive		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

«Not to-night?» asked the lost boys, bewildered.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 night	punct
2	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 night	advmod
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 night	case
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 to	punct
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 asked	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 night	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 night	punct
8	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 boys	det
10	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 boys	amod
11	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 asked	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bewildered	punct
13	bewildered	bewilder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 boys	acl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	night		the lost boys	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient
2	lose	participle				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	bewilder	participle		the lost boys not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Example 2

The wife was very bewildered.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wife	det
2	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bewildered	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bewildered	aux:pass
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 bewildered	advmod
5	bewildered	bewilder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 bewildered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bewilder	past · passive		the wife					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Example 3

I felt bewildered when the rules changed.

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	bewildered	bewilder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 felt	xcomp
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 changed	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rules	det
6	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 changed	nsubj
7	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bewildered	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	feel	past	I	vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	bewilder	participle	I not said here	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	change	past	the rules	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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