excruciating

Who acts: you, pain, She, wait, It, Dad · What happens: bear, break, excruciate, have, dance, be · To what, where: it, excruciating toothache, party

«excruciating» 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: excruciating in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Extremely painful.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Extremely	extremely	ADV	_	2 painful	advmod
2	painful	painful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 painful	punct

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

Meaning 2

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Terribly embarrassing, boring or awkward, so that you can hardly bear it.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Terribly	terribly	ADV	_	2 embarrassing	advmod
2	embarrassing	embarrassing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 boring	punct
4	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 embarrassing	conj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 awkward	cc
6	awkward	awkward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 embarrassing	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bear	punct
8	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	13 bear	mark
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 so	fixed
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 bear	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 bear	aux
12	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	13 bear	advmod
13	bear	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 embarrassing	parataxis
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 bear	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 embarrassing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	can	you	it				hardly property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Example 1

The pain in his broken leg was excruciating.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pain	det
2	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 excruciating	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 leg	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 leg	nmod:poss
5	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 leg	amod
6	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pain	nmod
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 excruciating	aux
8	excruciating	excruciate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 excruciating	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	excruciate	past · progressive	the pain in pain's broken leg						tree rules

Example 2

She had an excruciating toothache all night.

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 toothache	det
4	excruciating	excruciate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 toothache	amod
5	toothache	toothache	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 night	det
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl:unmarked
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	a excruciating toothache			night		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toothache=Patient
2	excruciate	gerund							tree rules

Example 3

The wait for the test results was excruciating.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wait	det
2	wait	wait	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 excruciating	nsubj
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 results	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 results	det
5	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 results	compound
6	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wait	nmod
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 excruciating	aux
8	excruciating	excruciate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 excruciating	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	excruciate	past · progressive	the wait for the test results						tree rules

Example 4

It was excruciating when Dad danced at my party.

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	3 excruciating	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 excruciating	aux
3	excruciating	excruciate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 danced	advmod
5	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 danced	nsubj
6	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 excruciating	advcl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 party	case
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 party	nmod:poss
9	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 danced	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 excruciating	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	excruciate	past · progressive	It						tree rules
2	dance	past	Dad			my party			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at party=Location

Example 5

The speech was so long and boring it was excruciating.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 speech	det
2	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 long	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 long	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 long	advmod
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 boring	cc
7	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 long	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 excruciating	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 excruciating	aux
10	excruciating	excruciate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 long	ccomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 long	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	the speech	long property	tree rules
2	be		the speech not said here		tree rules
3	excruciate	past · progressive	speech		tree rules

Example 6

Stinging nettles can be painful, but a wasp sting can be excruciating.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stinging	sting	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 nettles	amod
2	nettles	nettle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 painful	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 painful	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 painful	cop
5	painful	painful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 excruciating	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 excruciating	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sting	det
9	wasp	wasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sting	compound
10	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 excruciating	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 excruciating	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 excruciating	aux
13	excruciating	excruciate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 painful	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 painful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	sting	gerund			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	can	Stinging nettles	painful property	tree rules
3	excruciate	can · progressive	a wasp sting		tree rules

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