defenceless

Who acts: Defenceless, baby bird, defenceless rabbit, It · What happens: mean, have, fight back, guard, be, hide · To what, where: protection, yourself, leaf, defenceless

«defenceless» 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: defenceless in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Defenceless means having no protection, and unable to fight back or guard yourself.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Defenceless	defenceless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 protection	det
5	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 having	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 unable	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 unable	cc
8	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 fight	mark
10	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 unable	xcomp
11	back	back	ADV	_	10 fight	advmod
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 guard	cc
13	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 fight	conj
14	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	13 guard	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present	Defenceless		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have not said to happen	gerund	Defenceless not said here	no protection	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent protection=Patient
3	fight back	to-infinitive	Defenceless not said here		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	guard	infinitive	Defenceless not said here	yourself	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourself=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

A baby bird is defenceless without its mother.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bird	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bird	compound
3	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 defenceless	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 defenceless	cop
5	defenceless	defenceless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	without	without	ADP	_	8 mother	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mother	nmod:poss
8	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 defenceless	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 defenceless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a baby bird					without bird's mother; defenceless property	tree rules

Example 2

The defenceless rabbit hid under a leaf.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rabbit	det
2	defenceless	defenceless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rabbit	amod
3	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hid	nsubj
4	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 leaf	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 leaf	det
7	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hid	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	the defenceless rabbit			a leaf			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under leaf=Location

Example 3

It is cowardly to attack the defenceless.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cowardly	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cowardly	cop
3	cowardly	cowardly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 attack	mark
5	attack	attack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 cowardly	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 defenceless	det
7	defenceless	defenceless	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attack	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cowardly	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					cowardly property	tree rules
2	attack	to-infinitive		the defenceless					vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent defenceless=Patient

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