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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.

nsubjxcompccconjpunctcasedetoblccconjpunctrootDesolateNOUNmeansVERBemptyADJandCCONJbareADJ,PUNCTwithADPnoDETpeopleNOUNorCCONJlifeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DesolatedesolateNOUNNumber=Sing2 meansnsubj
2meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3emptyemptyADJDegree=Pos2 meansxcomp
4andandCCONJ_5 barecc
5barebareADJDegree=Pos3 emptyconj
6,,PUNCT_9 peoplepunct
7withwithADP_9 peoplecase
8nonoDETPronType=Neg9 peopledet
9peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur2 meansobl
10ororCCONJ_11 lifecc
11lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing9 peopleconj
12..PUNCT_2 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentDesolatewith no people or life; empty propertyvn 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.

nsubjxcompccconjpunctconjmarknsubjcopccomppunctrootDesolatePROPNmeansVERBsadADJandCCONJlonelyADJ,PUNCTfeelingVERBthatSCONJnothingPRONisAUXgoodADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DesolateDesolatePROPNNumber=Sing2 meansnsubj
2meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3sadsadADJDegree=Pos2 meansxcomp
4andandCCONJ_5 lonelycc
5lonelylonelyADJDegree=Pos3 sadconj
6,,PUNCT_7 feelingpunct
7feelingfeelVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 meansconj
8thatthatSCONJ_11 goodmark
9nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg11 goodnsubj
10isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 goodcop
11goodgoodADJDegree=Pos7 feelingccomp
12..PUNCT_2 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentDesolatesad propertyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2feelgerundDesolate not said herevn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3ispresentnothinggood propertytree rules

Example 1

The desolate house stood at the end of the lane.

detcompoundnsubjcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctrootTheDETdesolateVERBhouseNOUNstoodVERBatADPtheDETendNOUNofADPtheDETlaneNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 housedet
2desolatedesolateVERBVerbForm=Inf3 housecompound
3househouseNOUNNumber=Sing4 stoodnsubj
4stoodstandVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5atatADP_7 endcase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 enddet
7endendNOUNNumber=Sing4 stoodobl
8ofofADP_10 lanecase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 lanedet
10lanelaneNOUNNumber=Sing7 endnmod
11..PUNCT_4 stoodpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1desolateinfinitivetree rules
2standpastthe desolate houseat the end of the lanevn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at end=Location

Example 2

The moor was cold and desolate.

detnsubjcopccconjpunctrootTheDETmoorNOUNwasAUXcoldADJandCCONJdesolateVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 moordet
2moormoorNOUNNumber=Sing4 coldnsubj
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 coldcop
4coldcoldADJDegree=Posrootroot
5andandCCONJ_6 desolatecc
6desolatedesolateVERBVerbForm=Inf4 coldconj
7..PUNCT_4 coldpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastthe moorcold propertytree rules
2desolateinfinitivethe moor not said heretree rules

Example 3

After her friends left, she felt desolate.

marknmod:possnsubjadvclpunctnsubjxcomppunctrootAfterSCONJherPRONfriendsNOUNleftVERB,PUNCTshePRONfeltVERBdesolateVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AfterafterSCONJ_4 leftmark
2herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 friendsnmod:poss
3friendsfriendNOUNNumber=Plur4 leftnsubj
4leftleaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 feltadvcl
5,,PUNCT_4 leftpunct
6sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 feltnsubj
7feltfeelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
8desolatedesolateVERBVerbForm=Inf7 feltxcomp
9..PUNCT_7 feltpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1leavepasther friendsvn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2feelpastshevn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3desolateinfinitiveshe not said heretree 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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