bewilderment
Who acts: Bewilderment, old man, face · What happens: be, not understand, go on, lose, stand, show · To what, where: state, Urashima, bewilderment, sudden news
«bewilderment» 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: bewilderment in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Bewilderment is a state of being confused and not understanding what is going on.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bewilderment | bewilderment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 state | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 state | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 state | det |
| 4 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 confused | case |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 confused | cop |
| 7 | confused | confused | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 state | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 understanding | cc |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 understanding | advmod |
| 10 | understanding | understand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 confused | conj |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 understanding | obj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 going | aux |
| 13 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 what | acl:relcl |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 going | compound:prt |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 state | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Bewilderment | a state | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | confused property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | not understand | gerund | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | ||||||
| 4 | go on | present · progressive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
Urashima was lost in bewilderment and trouble.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urashima | Urashima | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 lost | aux:pass |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 bewilderment | case |
| 5 | bewilderment | bewilderment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 trouble | cc |
| 7 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bewilderment | conj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lost | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past · passive | Urashima | bewilderment and trouble | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
Example 2
The old man stood in bewilderment.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | 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 bewilderment | case |
| 6 | bewilderment | bewilderment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stood | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 stood | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | the old man | bewilderment | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bewilderment=Location |
Example 3
Her face showed bewilderment at the sudden news.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 face | nmod:poss |
| 2 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 showed | nsubj |
| 3 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | bewilderment | bewilderment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 showed | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 news | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 news | det |
| 7 | sudden | sudden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 news | amod |
| 8 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 showed | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 showed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | Her face | bewilderment | the sudden news | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bewilderment=Recipient |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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