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despondent

Who acts: things, Mole, snow, despondent farmer, She, Toad · What happens: feel, not get, grow, fall, look, flood · To what, where: Wild Wood, test, it, team, despondent sigh

«despondent» 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: despondent in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Very sad and without hope, feeling that things will not get better.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 sad	advmod
2	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 hope	cc
4	without	without	ADP	_	5 hope	case
5	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sad	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 feeling	punct
7	feeling	feel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sad	conj
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 get	mark
9	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 get	nsubj
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 get	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 get	advmod
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 feeling	advcl
13	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 get	xcomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	gerund							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	not get	future	things					good property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: 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

Mole grew despondent as the snow fell in the Wild Wood.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 grew	nsubj
2	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	despondent	despondent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grew	xcomp
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 fell	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 snow	det
6	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fell	nsubj
7	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 grew	advcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 Wood	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Wood	det
10	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	11 Wood	flat
11	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 fell	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	Mole					despondent property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fall	past	the snow			the Wild Wood			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in wood=Location

Example 2

The despondent farmer looked at his flooded field.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 farmer	det
2	despondent	despondent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 farmer	amod
3	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looked	nsubj
4	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 field	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 field	nmod:poss
7	flooded	flood	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 field	amod
8	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 looked	punct

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

Example 3

She was despondent after failing the test.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 despondent	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 despondent	cop
3	despondent	despondent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	after	after	SCONJ	_	5 failing	mark
5	failing	fail	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 despondent	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 test	det
7	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 failing	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 despondent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					despondent property	tree rules
2	fail	gerund	She not said here	the test					vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Eventuality

Example 4

Toad became despondent in the dark prison.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	despondent	despondent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 became	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 prison	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 prison	det
6	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 prison	amod
7	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 despondent	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	Toad					despondent property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Example 5

Don't be despondent — we can fix it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 despondent	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 despondent	cop
4	despondent	despondent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Do	obj
5	—	-	PUNCT	_	8 fix	punct
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 fix	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 fix	aux
8	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Do	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 fix	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is	infinitive						despondent property	tree rules
3	fix	can	we	it					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Example 6

The team was despondent after the fifth defeat.

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	4 despondent	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 despondent	aux:pass
4	despondent	despondent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	after	after	ADP	_	8 defeat	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 defeat	det
7	fifth	fifth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 defeat	amod
8	defeat	defeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 despondent	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 despondent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	despondent	past · passive		the team			after the fifth defeat		tree rules

Example 7

He gave a despondent sigh.

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sigh	det
4	despondent	despondent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sigh	amod
5	sigh	sigh	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	He	a despondent sigh					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sigh=Theme

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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