dolorous

Who acts: Dolorous, owl, dolorous song, everyone, Her · What happens: mean, say, give, be, make, cry · To what, where: dolorous hoot, dark wood, dolorous silence, village, everyone · Speech: someone speaks here

«dolorous» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: dolorous in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Dolorous means full of sorrow or pain; sad and mournful, often said of a sound or cry (old use, formal).

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dolorous	Dolorous	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 sorrow	case
5	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 full	obl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 pain	cc
7	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sorrow	conj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 sad	punct
9	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	parataxis
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 mournful	cc
11	mournful	mournful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sad	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 said	punct
13	often	often	ADV	_	14 said	advmod
14	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 sad	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 sound	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 sound	det
17	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 said	obl
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 cry	cc
19	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sound	conj
20	(	(	PUNCT	_	22 use	punct
21	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 use	amod
22	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 cry	appos
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 formal	punct
24	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 use	amod
25	)	)	PUNCT	_	22 use	punct
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Dolorous					full property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	participle	Dolorous not said here					of a sound or cry; often property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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 owl gave a dolorous hoot in the dark wood.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 owl	det
2	owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hoot	det
5	dolorous	dolorous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hoot	amod
6	hoot	hoot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 wood	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wood	det
9	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 wood	amod
10	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the owl	a dolorous hoot		the dark wood			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hoot=Theme

Example 2

After the storm there was a dolorous silence in the village.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 storm	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 storm	det
3	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 silence	obl
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 was	expl
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 silence	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 silence	det
7	dolorous	dolorous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 silence	amod
8	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 village	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 village	det
11	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 silence	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 silence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		a dolorous silence		the village	after the storm		tree rules

Example 3

Her dolorous song made everyone cry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 song	nmod:poss
2	dolorous	dolorous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 song	amod
3	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 made	obj
6	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 made	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	make	past	Her dolorous song	everyone	tree rules
2	cry speech: express	infinitive	everyone not said here		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	sing		Her = she		nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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