dearth

Who acts: dearth, summer, town, family · What happens: be, not be, fail, have, grow · To what, where: shortage, dearth

«dearth» 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: dearth in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A dearth is a shortage, a time when there is not enough of something, such as food.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dearth	det
2	dearth	dearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shortage	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shortage	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 shortage	det
5	shortage	shortage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 time	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 time	det
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shortage	appos
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 enough	advmod
10	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	13 enough	expl
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 enough	cop
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 enough	advmod
13	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 time	acl:relcl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 something	case
15	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 enough	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 food	punct
17	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	19 food	case
18	as	as	ADP	_	17 such	fixed
19	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 something	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 shortage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a dearth	a shortage					tree rules
2	not is	present				there		of something; enough property	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.

Example 1

There was a dearth of rain that summer and the crops failed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dearth	det
4	dearth	dearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 rain	case
6	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dearth	nmod
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 failed	obj
8	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 failed	nsubj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 crops	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 crops	det
11	crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 summer	conj
12	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dearth	acl:relcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	a dearth of rain			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fail	past	summer and the crops	a dearth of rain					vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality

Example 2

Our town had a dearth of doctors.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 town	nmod:poss
2	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dearth	det
5	dearth	dearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 doctors	case
7	doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dearth	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Our town	a dearth of doctors					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dearth=Patient

Example 3

In the dearth of bread, the family grew hungry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 dearth	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dearth	det
3	dearth	dearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grew	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 bread	case
5	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dearth	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 dearth	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 family	det
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grew	nsubj
9	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 grew	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	the family			the dearth of bread		hungry property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dearth=Location

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