depress

Who acts: key, Grey rainy days, you, bad news, driver, Losing · What happens: depress, be, feel, start, lose · To what, where: someone, button, prices, me, machine, whole team

«depress» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: depress in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To depress someone is to make them feel very sad and without hope.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 depress	mark
2	depress	depress	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 make	csubj
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 depress	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 make	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 make	obj
8	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 make	xcomp
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 sad	advmod
10	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 feel	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 hope	cc
12	without	without	ADP	_	13 hope	case
13	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sad	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	depress	to-infinitive	someone		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer
2	is	present		make property	tree rules
3	feel	infinitive		sad property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To depress a button, key or pedal is to press it down.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 depress	mark
2	depress	depress	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 press	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 button	det
4	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 depress	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 key	punct
6	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 press	nsubj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 pedal	cc
8	pedal	pedal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 key	conj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 press	cop
10	to	to	PART	_	11 press	mark
11	press	press	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 press	obj
13	down	down	ADP	_	11 press	compound:prt
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 press	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depress	to-infinitive	key or pedal not said here	a button					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus button=Experiencer
2	is	present	key or pedal					press property	tree rules

Meaning 3

Usage: money — kept apart, not parsed.

To depress prices, trade or wages is to make them lower or less active.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 depress	mark
2	depress	depress	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 make	advcl
3	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 depress	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 trade	punct
5	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prices	conj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 wages	cc
7	wages	wage	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prices	conj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 make	cop
9	to	to	PART	_	10 make	mark
10	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 make	obj
12	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 make	xcomp
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 active	cc
14	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	15 active	advmod
15	active	active	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 lower	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depress	to-infinitive		prices and trade or wages					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus price=Experiencer
2	is	present						low, make property	tree rules

Example 1

Grey, rainy days depress me.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 days	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Grey	punct
3	rainy	rainy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 days	amod
4	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 depress	nsubj
5	depress	depress	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 depress	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 depress	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depress	infinitive	Grey rainy days	me					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer

Example 2

Depress the button to start the machine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Depress	depress	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 button	det
3	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Depress	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 start	mark
5	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Depress	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 machine	det
7	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 start	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Depress	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depress	imperative	you not said here	the button					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus button=Experiencer
2	start	to-infinitive	you not said here	the machine					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent machine=Eventuality

Example 3

The bad news depressed the whole team.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 news	det
2	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 news	amod
3	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 depressed	nsubj
4	depressed	depress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 team	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 team	amod
7	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 depressed	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 depressed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depress	past	the bad news	the whole team					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus team=Experiencer

Example 4

The driver depressed the clutch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 driver	det
2	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 depressed	nsubj
3	depressed	depress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 clutch	det
5	clutch	clutch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 depressed	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 depressed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depress	past	the driver	the clutch					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus clutch=Experiencer

Example 5

The storm depressed sales at the seaside shops.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sales	nsubj
3	depressed	depressed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sales	amod
4	sales	sale	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 shops	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shops	det
7	seaside	seaside	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shops	compound
8	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sales	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sales	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 6

Losing every game started to depress him.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Losing	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 started	csubj
2	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	3 game	det
3	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Losing	obj
4	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 depress	mark
6	depress	depress	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 started	xcomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 depress	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 started	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	lose	gerund		every game	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality
2	start	past	Losing		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	depress	to-infinitive	Losing not said here	him = he	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

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