consternation

Who acts: sudden feeling, news, She · What happens: be, not know, do, fill, wash away, look · To what, where: village, bridge · Speech: someone speaks here

«consternation» 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: consternation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A sudden feeling of shock and worry, when people are upset and do not know what to do.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 feeling	det
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 feeling	amod
3	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 upset	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 shock	case
5	shock	shock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feeling	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 worry	cc
7	worry	worry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shock	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 upset	punct
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 upset	mark
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 upset	nsubj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 upset	cop
12	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 know	cc
14	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 know	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 know	advmod
16	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 upset	conj
17	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 do	obj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 do	mark
19	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 know	ccomp
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 upset	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	a sudden feeling of shock and worry	upset property	tree rules
2	not know	present · do-support	a sudden feeling of shock and worry not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	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

The news filled the village with consternation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 news	det
2	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 filled	nsubj
3	filled	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 village	det
5	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 filled	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 consternation	case
7	consternation	consternation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 village	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 filled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	past	the news	the village				with consternation	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent village=Patient with consternation=Instrument

Example 2

To everyone's consternation, the bridge had washed away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	4 consternation	case
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 consternation	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 everyone	case
4	consternation	consternation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 washed	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 consternation	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bridge	det
7	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 washed	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 washed	aux
9	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 washed	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 washed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash away	past · perfect · passive		the bridge				to everyone's consternation; away property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Example 3

She looked at the broken vase in consternation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 looked	nsubj
2	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	6 vase	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 vase	det
5	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 vase	amod
6	vase	vase	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 looked	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 consternation	case
8	consternation	consternation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 vase	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	She					at the broken vase in consternation	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at vase=Theme
2	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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