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distressful

Who acts: It, crew, news, lost puppy, Moving, old poem · What happens: cause, be, see, flood, have, lose · To what, where: pain, distressful sight, flooded houses, long distressful voyage, storm, distressful whine · Speech: someone speaks here

«distressful» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: distressful in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Causing pain, worry or sadness; upsetting.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Causing	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 upsetting	csubj
2	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Causing	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 worry	punct
4	worry	worry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pain	conj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 sadness	cc
6	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pain	conj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 upsetting	punct
8	upsetting	upsetting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 upsetting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	gerund		pain and worry or sadness					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition pain=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.

Meaning 2

Full of trouble and suffering.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 trouble	case
3	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Full	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 suffering	cc
5	suffering	suffering	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 trouble	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Full	punct

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

Example 1

It was a distressful sight to see the flooded houses.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sight	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sight	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sight	det
4	distressful	distressful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sight	amod
5	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sight	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 houses	det
9	flooded	flood	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 houses	amod
10	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 see	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sight	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a distressful sight					tree rules
2	see	to-infinitive		the flooded houses					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus
3	flood	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 2

The ship's crew had a long, distressful voyage through the storm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ship	det
2	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crew	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 ship	case
4	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 voyage	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 voyage	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 long	punct
9	distressful	distressful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 voyage	amod
10	voyage	voyage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj
11	through	through	ADP	_	13 storm	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 storm	det
13	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 voyage	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the ship's crew	a long distressful voyage		the storm			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voyage=Patient

Example 3

The news of the accident was distressful for the whole town.

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	7 distressful	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 accident	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 accident	det
5	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 news	nmod
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 distressful	cop
7	distressful	distressful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 town	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 town	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 town	amod
11	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 distressful	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 distressful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the news of the accident					for the whole town; distressful property	tree rules

Example 4

The lost puppy gave a distressful whine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 puppy	det
2	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 puppy	amod
3	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 whine	det
6	distressful	distressful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 whine	amod
7	whine	whine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	give	past	the lost puppy	a distressful whine					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whine=Theme

Example 5

Moving away from all her friends was a distressful time for Ella.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 time	csubj
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Moving	advmod
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 friends	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 friends	det:predet
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 friends	nmod:poss
6	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Moving	obl
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 time	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 time	det
9	distressful	distressful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 time	amod
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 Ella	case
12	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 time	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 time	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move away	gerund						from her friends; away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from friend=Trajectory
2	is a	past	Moving	a distressful time				for Ella	tree rules

Example 6

The old poem tells of distressful days of war and hunger.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 poem	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 poem	amod
3	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tells	nsubj
4	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 days	case
6	distressful	distressful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 days	amod
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tells	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 war	case
9	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 days	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 hunger	cc
11	hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 war	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	the old poem				day		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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