despairingly

Who acts: you, she, He, boy · What happens: give up, help, cry, sit, shake, look · To what, where: hope, hopeless way, me, head · Speech: someone speaks here

«despairingly» 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: despairingly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

In a hopeless way, as if you have given up all hope.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 way	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 way	det
3	hopeless	hopeless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 way	amod
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 given	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 way	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 given	mark
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 given	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 given	nsubj
9	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 given	aux
10	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 given	compound:prt
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 hope	det
13	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 given	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give up	present · perfect	you	all hope		a hopeless way			vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hope=Source

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

"Help me!" she cried despairingly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Help	punct
2	Help	help	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 Help	obj
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Help	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Help	punct
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cried	nsubj
7	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 Help	parataxis
8	despairingly	despairingly	ADV	_	7 cried	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 Help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help in a quote	imperative	you not said here	me					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	cry speech: express	past	she					despairingly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

He sat on the step and shook his head despairingly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 step	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 step	det
5	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sat	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 shook	cc
7	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sat	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 head	nmod:poss
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shook	obj
10	despairingly	despairingly	ADV	_	7 shook	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	He					on the step	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on step=Location
2	shake	past	He not said here	his head				despairingly property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient

Example 3

The boy looked despairingly at the flooded road.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looked	nsubj
3	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	despairingly	despairingly	ADV	_	3 looked	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 road	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 road	det
7	flooded	flood	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 road	amod
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	the boy					at the flooded road; despairingly property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at road=Theme
2	flood	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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