dejection

Who acts: Dejection, she, friend, His, king · What happens: be, lose, sit, lift, come back, deject · To what, where: feeling, match, dejection

«dejection» 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: dejection in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Dejection is a feeling of sadness and low spirits, with no hope or energy.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dejection	dejection	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feeling	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 feeling	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 feeling	det
4	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 sadness	case
6	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feeling	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 spirits	cc
8	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 spirits	amod
9	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sadness	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 hope	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 hope	case
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 hope	det
13	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feeling	parataxis
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 energy	cc
15	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hope	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 feeling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Dejection	a feeling				of sadness and low spirits	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

After losing the match she sat in dejection.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	SCONJ	_	2 losing	mark
2	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 match	det
4	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 losing	obj
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sat	nsubj
6	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 match	acl:relcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 dejection	case
8	dejection	dejection	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sat	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 losing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	gerund		the match					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality
2	sit	past	she	the match not said here		dejection			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent match=Theme in dejection=Location

Example 2

His dejection lifted when his friend came back.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 dejection	nmod:poss
2	dejection	dejection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lifted	nsubj
3	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 came	mark
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 friend	nmod:poss
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 came	nsubj
7	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lifted	advcl
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 came	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lifted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	lift	past	His dejection	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	come back	past	dejection's friend	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	deject		His = he	nom dejection «state transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

The king's dejection was clear to all his sons.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dejection	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 king	case
4	dejection	dejection	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 clear	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 clear	cop
6	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 sons	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 sons	det:predet
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sons	nmod:poss
10	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 clear	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 clear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the king's dejection					to king's sons; clear property	tree rules
2	deject		the king						nom dejection «state transitive»: poss=agent

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