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desperation

Who acts: Desperation, feeling, hope, you, Toad, hungry fox · What happens: be, have, make, try, lose, shout · To what, where: feeling, hope, you, anything, lost boy, desperation

«desperation» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: desperation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Desperation is the feeling of having almost no hope, which makes you willing to try anything, even something risky.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Desperation	desperation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feeling	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 feeling	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 feeling	det
4	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 having	mark
6	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 feeling	acl
7	almost	almost	ADV	_	9 hope	advmod
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 hope	det
9	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 having	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 makes	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 makes	nsubj
12	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 hope	acl:relcl
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 makes	obj
14	willing	willing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 makes	xcomp
15	to	to	PART	_	16 try	mark
16	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 willing	xcomp
17	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	16 try	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 something	punct
19	even	even	ADV	_	20 something	advmod
20	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	17 anything	conj
21	risky	risky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 something	amod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 feeling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Desperation	the feeling					tree rules
2	have	gerund	the feeling not said here	no hope					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hope=Patient
3	make	present	no hope	you				willing property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product
4	try	to-infinitive	you not said here	anything					vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality

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

In desperation, the lost boy shouted for help.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 desperation	case
2	desperation	desperation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 boy	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 desperation	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boy	det
5	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 boy	amod
6	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 boy	acl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 help	case
9	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shouted	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 boy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	shout speech: express	participle		the lost boy not said here				for help	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient

Example 2

Out of desperation, Toad dressed up as a washerwoman.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Out	out	ADP	_	3 desperation	case
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 desperation	case
3	desperation	desperation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dressed	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 desperation	punct
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 dressed	nsubj
6	dressed	dress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 dressed	compound:prt
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 washerwoman	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 washerwoman	det
10	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dressed	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 dressed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress up	past	Toad			desperation		as a washerwoman	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

There was desperation in her voice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	desperation	desperation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 voice	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 voice	nmod:poss
6	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	desperation			desperation's voice; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in voice=Location

Example 4

The hungry fox raided the bins in desperation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fox	det
2	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fox	amod
3	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 raided	nsubj
4	raided	raid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bins	det
6	bins	bin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 raided	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 desperation	case
8	desperation	desperation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 raided	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 raided	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raid	past	the hungry fox	the bins		desperation			vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent bin=Location

Example 5

In desperation, he tried the last key.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 desperation	case
2	desperation	desperation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tried	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 desperation	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tried	nsubj
5	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 key	det
7	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 key	amod
8	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tried	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	he	the last key		desperation			vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Eventuality

Example 6

The team played with desperation in the final minutes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 team	det
2	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 played	nsubj
3	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 desperation	case
5	desperation	desperation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 played	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 minutes	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 minutes	det
8	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 minutes	amod
9	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 played	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 played	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	the team				minute	with desperation	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with desperation=Theme

Example 7

In desperation, he returned home and knocked at the door.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 desperation	case
2	desperation	desperation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 returned	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 desperation	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 returned	nsubj
5	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	home	home	ADV	_	5 returned	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 knocked	cc
8	knocked	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 returned	conj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 door	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 door	det
11	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 knocked	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 returned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past	he			desperation		home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	knock	past	he not said here					at the door	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at door=Patient

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