compassionate

Who acts: Compassionate, kind nurse, old soldier · What happens: mean, feel, want, help, be, listen · To what, where: trouble, people, compassionate judge, compassionate heart, door

«compassionate» 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: compassionate in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Compassionate means feeling sorry for people in trouble and wanting to help them.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Compassionate	compassionate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	feeling	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 feeling	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 people	case
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 feeling	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 trouble	case
8	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feeling	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wanting	cc
10	wanting	want	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 feeling	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 help	mark
12	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 wanting	xcomp
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 help	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Compassionate				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	feel not said to happen	gerund	Compassionate not said here		trouble	for people; sorry property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for people=Theme in trouble=Location
3	want	gerund	Compassionate not said here				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	help not said to happen	to-infinitive	Compassionate not said here	people			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary

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 kind nurse was compassionate to the sick child.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nurse	det
2	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 nurse	amod
3	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 compassionate	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 compassionate	cop
5	compassionate	compassionate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 child	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 child	det
8	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 child	amod
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 compassionate	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 compassionate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the kind nurse					to the sick child; compassionate property	tree rules

Example 2

A compassionate judge listened to the poor man.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 judge	det
2	compassionate	compassionate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 judge	amod
3	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	listened	listen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 judge	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 man	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 listened	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 judge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	participle		a compassionate judge not said here				to the poor man	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to man=Theme

Example 3

The old soldier had a compassionate heart and opened the door.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 soldier	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 soldier	amod
3	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 heart	det
6	compassionate	compassionate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 heart	amod
7	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 opened	cc
9	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 had	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 door	det
11	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 opened	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the old soldier	a compassionate heart					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient
2	open	past	the old soldier not said here	the door					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme

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