condole
Who acts: you, neighbours, I, rat raja · What happens: show, be, comfort, come, condole, lose · To what, where: sympathy, them
«condole» 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: condole in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: formal, old use — kept apart, not parsed.
To show sympathy with someone who is sad or in trouble, and comfort them about a loss.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 show | mark |
| 2 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 comfort | advcl |
| 3 | sympathy | sympathy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 show | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 someone | case |
| 5 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 show | obl |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 sad | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 sad | cop |
| 8 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 someone | acl:relcl |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 trouble | cc |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 trouble | case |
| 11 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sad | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 comfort | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 comfort | cc |
| 14 | comfort | comfort | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 comfort | obj |
| 16 | about | about | ADP | _ | 18 loss | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 loss | det |
| 18 | loss | loss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 comfort | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 comfort | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | to-infinitive | you not said here | sympathy | with someone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sympathy=Recipient | |||
| 2 | is | present | sad property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | comfort | imperative | you not said here | them = they | about a loss | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |
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 neighbours came to condole with the family.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 neighbours | det |
| 2 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 condole | mark |
| 5 | condole | condole | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 came | xcomp |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 family | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 family | det |
| 8 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 condole | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the neighbours | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | condole | to-infinitive | the neighbours not said here | with the family | tree rules |
Example 2
I condole with you about your lost dog.
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 condole | nsubj |
| 2 | condole | condole | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 you | case |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 condole | obl |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 dog | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 dog | nmod:poss |
| 7 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 dog | amod |
| 8 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 condole | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 condole | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | condole | present | I | with you; about your lost dog | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
The rat raja came to condole with his protector.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 raja | det |
| 2 | rat | rat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 raja | compound |
| 3 | raja | raja | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 condole | mark |
| 6 | condole | condole | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 came | xcomp |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 protector | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 protector | nmod:poss |
| 9 | protector | protector | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 condole | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the rat raja | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | condole | to-infinitive | the rat raja not said here | with raja's protector | tree rules |
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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