disconsolate
Who acts: nothing, boy, Fiachna, you · What happens: seem, cheer up, sit, lose, be, be up · To what, where: you, disconsolate, dog, tree, disconsolate widow
«disconsolate» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: disconsolate in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Very sad and hopeless, so that nothing seems able to cheer you up.
The tree, 13 words
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 | _ | 4 hopeless | cc |
| 4 | hopeless | hopeless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sad | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 seems | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 seems | advmod |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 seems | mark |
| 8 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 seems | nsubj |
| 9 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 sad | conj |
| 10 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 seems | xcomp |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 cheer | mark |
| 12 | cheer | cheer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 able | xcomp |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 cheer | obj |
| 14 | up | up | ADP | _ | 12 cheer | compound:prt |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seem | present | nothing | able property | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | cheer up | to-infinitive | nothing not said here | you | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent you=Patient |
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
The boy sat disconsolate after he lost his dog.
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 sat | nsubj |
| 3 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | disconsolate | disconsolate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sat | obj |
| 5 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 7 lost | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 lost | nsubj |
| 7 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sat | advcl |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 dog | nmod:poss |
| 9 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lost | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | past | the boy | disconsolate | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location disconsolate=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lose | past | boy | boy's dog | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Eventuality |
Example 2
Fiachna was disconsolate, high up in the tree.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiachna | Fiachna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 disconsolate | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 disconsolate | cop |
| 3 | disconsolate | disconsolate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 high | punct |
| 5 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 disconsolate | conj |
| 6 | up | up | ADV | _ | 5 high | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 tree | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 tree | det |
| 9 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 high | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 disconsolate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Fiachna | disconsolate property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be up | Fiachna not said here | the tree | tree rules |
Example 3
The disconsolate widow wept by the grave.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 widow | det |
| 2 | disconsolate | disconsolate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 widow | amod |
| 3 | widow | widow | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | wept | weep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 widow | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 grave | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 grave | det |
| 7 | grave | grave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wept | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 widow | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | weep | participle | the disconsolate widow not said here | by the grave | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 4
Why do you look so disconsolate?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 disconsolate | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 disconsolate | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 disconsolate | nsubj |
| 4 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 disconsolate | aux |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 disconsolate | advmod |
| 6 | disconsolate | disconsolate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 disconsolate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | disconsolate | present · do-support | you | tree rules |
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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconsolate/