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distressed

Who acts: distressed child, fireworks, Lifeguards, She, friend, distressed man · What happens: need, distress, make, look, wear, rescue · To what, where: help, purpose, cat, distressed swimmer, table, He · Speech: someone speaks here

«distressed» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings 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: distressed in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Very upset, worried or in pain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 upset	advmod
2	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 worried	punct
4	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 upset	conj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 pain	cc
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 pain	case
7	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 upset	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 upset	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

In danger or trouble and needing help: «a distressed ship».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 danger	case
2	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 trouble	cc
4	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 danger	conj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 needing	cc
6	needing	need	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 danger	conj
7	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 needing	obj
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 ship	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 ship	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 ship	det
11	distressed	distress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 ship	amod
12	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 danger	appos
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 ship	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 danger	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	gerund		help					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme
2	distress in a quote	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Meaning 3

Usage: of furniture, clothes — kept apart, not parsed.

Made to look old and worn on purpose.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 look	mark
3	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Made	xcomp
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 look	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 worn	cc
6	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 old	conj
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 purpose	case
8	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 worn	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle							tree rules
2	look	to-infinitive						old property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	wear	participle				purpose			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Meaning 4

Usage: formal, business — kept apart, not parsed.

In money trouble: «a distressed company».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 trouble	case
2	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 trouble	compound
3	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 trouble	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 company	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 company	det
7	distressed	distress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 company	amod
8	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 trouble	appos
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 company	punct
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 trouble	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distress in a quote	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Example 1

The distressed child was looking for her mum.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 child	det
2	distressed	distress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 child	amod
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 looking	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 looking	aux
5	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 mum	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mum	nmod:poss
8	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 looking	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distress	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	look	past · progressive	the distressed child					for child's mum	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for mum=Theme

Example 2

The cat seemed distressed by the fireworks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 distressed	nsubj
3	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 distressed	aux:pass
4	distressed	distress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 fireworks	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fireworks	det
7	fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 distressed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 distressed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distress	past · passive	the fireworks	the cat					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

Example 3

Lifeguards rescued the distressed swimmer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lifeguards	lifeguard	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rescued	nsubj
2	rescued	rescue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 swimmer	det
4	distressed	distress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 swimmer	amod
5	swimmer	swimmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rescued	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rescued	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rescue	past	Lifeguards	the distressed swimmer					vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swimmer=Theme
2	distress	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Example 4

She painted the table and sanded it to look distressed.

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 painted	nsubj
2	painted	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 table	det
4	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 painted	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sanded	cc
6	sanded	sand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 painted	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sanded	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 look	mark
9	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 sanded	advcl
10	distressed	distress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 look	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 painted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	past	She	the table					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent table=Destination
2	sand	past	She not said here	table					vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	look	to-infinitive	She not said here						tree rules
4	distress	participle	She not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Example 5

He was distressed to hear his friend was ill.

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 distressed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 distressed	aux:pass
3	distressed	distress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 hear	mark
5	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 distressed	advcl
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 friend	nmod:poss
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ill	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 ill	cop
9	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hear	ccomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 distressed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distress	past · passive		He					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	hear	to-infinitive							vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	past	his friend					ill property	tree rules

Example 6

Distressed jeans are sold with holes already in them.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Distressed	distress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 jeans	amod
2	jeans	jeans	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 sold	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sold	aux:pass
4	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 holes	case
6	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sold	obl
7	already	already	ADV	_	4 sold	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sold	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distress	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	sell	present · passive		Distressed jeans				with holes; in holes = hole	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 7

“Then what can I do?” asked the distressed man.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	“	"	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct
2	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 what	advmod
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 do	obj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 do	aux
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 do	nsubj
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 asked	ccomp
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct
8	”	"	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct
9	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 man	det
11	distressed	distress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 man	amod
12	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 asked	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do in a quote	can	the distressed man = man						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	ask speech: ask	past	the distressed man						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	distress	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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