cripple

Who acts: person, it, someone, blind man, storm, accident · What happens: not walk, use, be, damage, not work, make · To what, where: part, kind word, something, someone, fair, ship

«cripple» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: cripple in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use, now seen as hurtful — kept apart, not parsed.

A person who cannot walk or use a part of the body properly; «disabled» is the kind word today.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 word	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 walk	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 walk	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 walk	advmod
6	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 person	acl:relcl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 use	cc
8	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 walk	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 part	det
10	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 use	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 body	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 body	det
13	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 part	nmod
14	properly	properly	ADV	_	8 use	advmod
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 disabled	punct
16	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 disabled	punct
17	disabled	disabled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 walk	parataxis
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 disabled	punct
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 word	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 word	det
21	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 word	amod
22	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
23	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 word	obl:unmarked
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	22 word	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	not walk	can	a person				tree rules
2	use	infinitive	a person not said here	a part of the body		properly property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Patient
3	is a	present	a person	the kind word	today		tree rules

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.

Meaning 2

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To damage something badly so it cannot work properly, or to make someone unable to move.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 damage	mark
2	damage	damage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 work	advcl
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 damage	obj
4	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 damage	advmod
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 work	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 work	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 work	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 work	advmod
9	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	properly	properly	ADV	_	9 work	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 make	punct
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 make	cc
13	to	to	PART	_	14 make	mark
14	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 work	advcl
15	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 make	obj
16	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 make	xcomp
17	to	to	PART	_	18 move	mark
18	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 unable	xcomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 work	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	damage	to-infinitive		something	badly property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient
2	not work	can	it		properly property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	make	to-infinitive		someone	unable property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset someone=Product
4	move	to-infinitive	someone not said here			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

The blind man and the cripple went to the fair together.

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	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 went	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 cripple	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cripple	det
6	cripple	cripple	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 man	conj
7	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 fair	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fair	det
10	fair	fair	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 went	obl
11	together	together	ADV	_	7 went	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the blind man and the cripple			the fair		together property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to fair=Initial_Location

Example 2

A storm can cripple a ship.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cripple	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cripple	aux
4	cripple	cripple	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ship	det
6	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cripple	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cripple	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cripple	can	a storm	a ship					vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Theme

Example 3

The accident crippled his left leg for a year.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 accident	det
2	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 crippled	nsubj
3	crippled	cripple	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 leg	nmod:poss
5	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 leg	amod
6	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 crippled	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 year	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 year	det
9	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 crippled	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 crippled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cripple	past	the accident	accident's left leg			year		vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Theme

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