desolate
Who acts: Desolate, nothing, desolate house, moor, friends, she · What happens: mean, feel, be, desolate, stand, leave · To what, where: end
«desolate» 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: desolate in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Desolate means empty and bare, with no people or life.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Desolate | desolate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 bare | cc |
| 5 | bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 empty | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 people | punct |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 people | case |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 people | det |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 means | obl |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 life | cc |
| 11 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 people | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Desolate | with no people or life; empty property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
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
Desolate means sad and lonely, feeling that nothing is good.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Desolate | Desolate | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 lonely | cc |
| 5 | lonely | lonely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sad | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 feeling | punct |
| 7 | feeling | feel | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 means | conj |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 good | mark |
| 9 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 11 good | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 good | cop |
| 11 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 feeling | ccomp |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Desolate | sad property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | feel | gerund | Desolate not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | is | present | nothing | good property | tree rules |
Example 1
The desolate house stood at the end of the lane.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 house | det |
| 2 | desolate | desolate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 house | compound |
| 3 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stood | nsubj |
| 4 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 end | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 end | det |
| 7 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stood | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 lane | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lane | det |
| 10 | lane | lane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 end | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 stood | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | desolate | infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | stand | past | the desolate house | at the end of the lane | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at end=Location |
Example 2
The moor was cold and desolate.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 moor | det |
| 2 | moor | moor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cold | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 cold | cop |
| 4 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 desolate | cc |
| 6 | desolate | desolate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 cold | conj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 cold | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the moor | cold property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | desolate | infinitive | the moor not said here | tree rules |
Example 3
After her friends left, she felt desolate.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | SCONJ | _ | 4 left | mark |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 friends | nmod:poss |
| 3 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 left | nsubj |
| 4 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 felt | advcl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 left | punct |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 felt | nsubj |
| 7 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | desolate | desolate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 felt | xcomp |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 felt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | her friends | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | feel | past | she | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | desolate | infinitive | she not said here | tree rules |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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