devastate

Who acts: you, hurricane, Bushfires, old dog, flood, factory · What happens: destroy, damage, leave, make, feel, devastate · To what, where: place, little, someone, little island town, huge areas, Australia

«devastate» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: devastate in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To destroy or badly damage a place, so little is left.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 destroy	mark
2	destroy	destroy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 damage	cc
4	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 damage	advmod
5	damage	damage	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 destroy	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 place	det
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 damage	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 left	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 little	advmod
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 left	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 left	aux:pass
12	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 destroy	advcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 destroy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	destroy	to-infinitive			vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	damage	infinitive	a place	badly property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient
3	leave	present · passive	little		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

To make someone feel terribly shocked and sad.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 feel	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 make	obj
4	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	terribly	terribly	ADV	_	6 shocked	advmod
6	shocked	shocked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 feel	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sad	cc
8	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shocked	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive	you not said here	someone					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset someone=Product
2	feel	imperative	you not said here					shocked property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Meaning 3

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

devastating can also mean extremely strong or impressive, as in «a devastating goal».

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	devastating	devastate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 mean	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	also	also	ADV	_	4 mean	advmod
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	extremely	extremely	ADV	_	6 strong	advmod
6	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mean	xcomp
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 impressive	cc
8	impressive	impressive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 strong	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 goal	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 goal	mark
11	in	in	ADP	_	15 goal	case
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 goal	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 goal	det
14	devastating	devastating	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 goal	amod
15	goal	goal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mean	parataxis
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 goal	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devastate	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	mean	can						strong property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 1

The hurricane devastated the little island town.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hurricane	det
2	hurricane	hurricane	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devastated	nsubj
3	devastated	devastate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 town	det
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 town	amod
6	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 town	compound
7	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devastated	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 devastated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devastate	past	the hurricane	the little island town					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus town=Experiencer

Example 2

Bushfires devastated huge areas of forest in Australia.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bushfires	bushfire	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 devastated	nsubj
2	devastated	devastate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 areas	amod
4	areas	area	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 devastated	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 forest	case
6	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 areas	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Australia	case
8	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 devastated	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 devastated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devastate	past	Bushfires	huge areas of forest		Australia			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus area=Experiencer

Example 3

Mia was devastated when her old dog died.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 devastated	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 devastated	aux:pass
3	devastated	devastate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 died	mark
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 dog	nmod:poss
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dog	amod
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 died	nsubj
8	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 devastated	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 devastated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devastate	past · passive		Mia					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	die	past	Mia's old dog						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Example 4

The flood devastated the farmers' crops.

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	3 devastated	nsubj
3	devastated	devastate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 farmers	det
5	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 crops	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 farmers	case
7	crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 devastated	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 devastated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devastate	past	the flood	the farmers's crops					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus crop=Experiencer

Example 5

The news of the factory closing devastated the whole village.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 news	det
2	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 factory	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 factory	det
5	factory	factory	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 news	nmod
6	closing	close	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 factory	acl
7	devastated	devastate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 closing	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 village	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 village	amod
10	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 devastated	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 news	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	gerund	the factory not said here						tree rules
2	devastate	participle	the factory not said here	the whole village					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus village=Experiencer

Example 6

The team was devastated after losing in the last minute.

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 devastated	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 devastated	aux:pass
4	devastated	devastate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	6 losing	mark
6	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 devastated	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 minute	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 minute	det
9	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 minute	amod
10	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 losing	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 devastated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devastate	past · passive		the team					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	lose	gerund					minute		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 7

She hit a devastating shot into the top corner.

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	2 hit	nsubj
2	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 shot	det
4	devastating	devastating	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shot	amod
5	shot	shot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hit	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	9 corner	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 corner	det
8	top	top	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 corner	amod
9	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hit	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past	She	a devastating shot				into the top corner result	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent shot=Patient into corner=Result

Example 8

The war devastated the city, but people rebuilt it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 war	det
2	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devastated	nsubj
3	devastated	devastate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 city	det
5	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devastated	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 rebuilt	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 rebuilt	cc
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 rebuilt	nsubj
9	rebuilt	rebuild	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 devastated	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 rebuilt	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 devastated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devastate	past	the war	the city					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus city=Experiencer
2	rebuild	past	people	city					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result

Example 9

He first sent him to kill the Chimaera, a monster which was at this time devastating the country.

The tree, 18 words

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	3 sent	nsubj
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 sent	advmod
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sent	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 kill	mark
6	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sent	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Chimaera	det
8	Chimaera	Chimaera	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 kill	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 monster	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 monster	det
11	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Chimaera	appos
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 time	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 time	cop
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 time	case
15	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 time	det
16	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 monster	appos
17	devastating	devastate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 time	acl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 country	det
19	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 devastating	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	He	him = he		first property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	kill	to-infinitive	He not said here	the Chimaera			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chimaera=Theme
3	is	past	a monster		at this time		tree rules
4	devastate	gerund	this time not said here	the country			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus country=Experiencer

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