despondency Who acts: Despondency, Toad, team, kind word, word, our · What happens: be, lose, try, sink, lift, despond · To what, where: feeling, despondency, final, rain, Slough
«despondency» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: despondency in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Despondency is a feeling of low spirits and lost hope, being very sad and unwilling to try.
The tree, 17 words nsubj cop det case amod nmod cc amod conj punct cop advmod parataxis cc conj mark xcomp punct root Despondency NOUN is AUX a DET feeling NOUN of ADP low ADJ spirits NOUN and CCONJ lost VERB hope NOUN , PUNCT being AUX very ADV sad ADJ and CCONJ unwilling ADJ to PART try VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Despondency despondency NOUN Number=Sing 4 feeling nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 feeling cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 feeling det 4 feeling feeling NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 of of ADP _ 7 spirits case 6 low low ADJ Degree=Pos 7 spirits amod 7 spirits spirit NOUN Number=Plur 4 feeling nmod 8 and and CCONJ _ 10 hope cc 9 lost lose VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 10 hope amod 10 hope hope NOUN Number=Sing 7 spirits conj 11 , , PUNCT _ 14 sad punct 12 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 14 sad cop 13 very very ADV _ 14 sad advmod 14 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos 4 feeling parataxis 15 and and CCONJ _ 16 unwilling cc 16 unwilling unwilling ADJ Degree=Pos 14 sad conj 17 to to PART _ 18 try mark 18 try try VERB VerbForm=Inf 16 unwilling xcomp 19 . . PUNCT _ 4 feeling punct
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1 is a present Despondency a feeling of low spirits and lost hope tree rules 2 lose participle vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 is gerund sad property tree rules 4 be tree rules 5 try to-infinitive vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
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 Toad sank into despondency in his dark cell.
nsubj case obl case nmod:poss amod obl punct root Toad PROPN sank VERB into ADP despondency NOUN in ADP his PRON dark ADJ cell NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Toad Toad PROPN Number=Sing 2 sank nsubj 2 sank sink VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 into into ADP _ 4 despondency case 4 despondency despondency NOUN Number=Sing 2 sank obl 5 in in ADP _ 8 cell case 6 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 cell nmod:poss 7 dark dark ADJ Degree=Pos 8 cell amod 8 cell cell NOUN Number=Sing 2 sank obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 sank punct
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1 sink past Toad despondency in Toad's dark cell vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Example 2 After losing the final, the team was full of despondency.
mark advcl det obj punct det nsubj cop case obl punct root After SCONJ losing VERB the DET final NOUN , PUNCT the DET team NOUN was AUX full ADJ of ADP despondency NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 After after SCONJ _ 2 losing mark 2 losing lose VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 9 full advcl 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 final det 4 final final NOUN Number=Sing 2 losing obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 2 losing punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 team det 7 team team NOUN Number=Sing 9 full nsubj 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 full cop 9 full full ADJ Degree=Pos root root 10 of of ADP _ 11 despondency case 11 despondency despondency NOUN Number=Sing 9 full obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 9 full punct
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1 lose gerund the team not said here the final vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent final=Eventuality 2 is past the team of despondency; full property tree rules
Example 3 A kind word lifted her despondency.
det amod nsubj nmod:poss obj punct root A DET kind ADJ word NOUN lifted VERB her PRON despondency NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 word det 2 kind kind ADJ Degree=Pos 3 word amod 3 word word NOUN Number=Sing 4 lifted nsubj 4 lifted lift VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 despondency nmod:poss 6 despondency despondency NOUN Number=Sing 4 lifted obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 lifted punct
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1 lift past a kind word word's despondency vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent despondency=Theme 2 despond word nom despondency «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 4 The rain added to our despondency.
det acl case nmod:poss obl punct root The DET rain NOUN added VERB to ADP our PRON despondency NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 rain det 2 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 added add VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 rain acl 4 to to ADP _ 6 despondency case 5 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 despondency nmod:poss 6 despondency despondency NOUN Number=Sing 3 added obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 rain punct
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1 add speech: assert participle the rain not said here to our despondency vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to despondency=Co-Patient 2 despond our nom despondency «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 5 In his despondency he refused to eat.
case nmod:poss obl nsubj mark xcomp punct root In ADP his PRON despondency NOUN he PRON refused VERB to PART eat VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 despondency case 2 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 despondency nmod:poss 3 despondency despondency NOUN Number=Sing 5 refused obl 4 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 refused nsubj 5 refused refuse VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 to to PART _ 7 eat mark 7 eat eat VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 refused xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 refused punct
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1 refuse past he his despondency vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 not eat to-infinitive he not said here vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 despond his = he nom despondency «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 6 Christian fell into the Slough of Despond.
nsubj case det obl case nmod punct root Christian ADJ fell VERB into ADP the DET Slough PROPN of ADP Despond PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Christian Christian ADJ Degree=Pos 2 fell nsubj 2 fell fall VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 into into ADP _ 5 Slough case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 Slough det 5 Slough Slough PROPN Number=Sing 2 fell obl 6 of of ADP _ 7 Despond case 7 Despond Despond PROPN Number=Sing 5 Slough nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 fell punct
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1 fall past Christian into the Slough of Despond result vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into slough=Result
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