desolation
Who acts: Desolation, flood, We, Her · What happens: be, ruin, leave, walk, desolate, grow · To what, where: state, great sadness, desolation, burnt village
«desolation» 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: desolation in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Desolation is a state of being empty, ruined and bare, with nothing living.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Desolation | desolation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 state | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 state | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 state | det |
| 4 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 empty | case |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 empty | aux |
| 7 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 state | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 ruined | punct |
| 9 | ruined | ruin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 state | acl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 bare | cc |
| 11 | bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 ruined | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 living | punct |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 living | case |
| 14 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 15 living | compound |
| 15 | living | living | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ruined | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 state | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Desolation | a state | of empty | tree rules | |||
| 2 | ruin | participle | a state not said here | with nothing living | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with living=Instrument |
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
Desolation is great sadness and loneliness.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Desolation | desolation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sadness | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sadness | cop |
| 3 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sadness | amod |
| 4 | sadness | sadness | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 loneliness | cc |
| 6 | loneliness | loneliness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sadness | conj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 sadness | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Desolation | great sadness and loneliness | tree rules |
Example 1
The flood left only desolation behind.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 flood | det |
| 2 | flood | flood | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 flood | acl |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 desolation | advmod |
| 5 | desolation | desolation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 left | obj |
| 6 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 3 left | advmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 flood | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | participle | the flood not said here | desolation | behind property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desolation=Theme |
Example 2
We walked through the desolation of the burnt village.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 walked | nsubj |
| 2 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | through | through | ADP | _ | 5 desolation | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 desolation | det |
| 5 | desolation | desolation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 walked | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 village | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 village | det |
| 8 | burnt | burnt | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 village | amod |
| 9 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 desolation | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 walked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | past | We | the desolation of the burnt village | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through desolation=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | desolate | the burnt village | nom desolation «state transitive»: of=patient |
Example 3
Her desolation grew each day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 desolation | nmod:poss |
| 2 | desolation | desolation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grew | nsubj |
| 3 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 day | det |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grew | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 grew | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | past | Her desolation | day | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | desolate | Her = she | nom desolation «state transitive»: poss=agent |
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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