famished Who acts: famished puppy, He, famished travellers, you, This · What happens: famish, mean, starve, lack, be, gobble · To what, where: lack, food, I, we, rugby practice, last bread
«famished» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: famished in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.
Famished means very, very hungry.
nsubj advmod punct advmod ccomp punct root Famished VERB means VERB very ADV , PUNCT very ADV hungry ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Famished famish VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 very very ADV _ 6 hungry advmod 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 hungry punct 5 very very ADV _ 6 hungry advmod 6 hungry hungry ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means ccomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 famish participle tree rules 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V 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.
Meaning 2 Usage: literary — kept apart, not parsed.
Famished can mean starving from lack of food over a long time.
nsubj aux xcomp case obl case nmod case det amod obl punct root Famished VERB can AUX mean VERB starving VERB from ADP lack NOUN of ADP food NOUN over ADP a DET long ADJ time NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Famished famish VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 mean nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 mean aux 3 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 starving starve VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 mean xcomp 5 from from ADP _ 6 lack case 6 lack lack NOUN Number=Sing 4 starving obl 7 of of ADP _ 8 food case 8 food food NOUN Number=Sing 6 lack nmod 9 over over ADP _ 12 time case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 time det 11 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 12 time amod 12 time time NOUN Number=Sing 4 starving obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 mean punct
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1 famish participle tree rules 2 mean can vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 starve not said to happen gerund lack of food time tree rules 4 lack food nom lack «state transitive»: of=patient
Example 1 I'm famished! What's for tea?
Sentence 1: I'm famished!
nsubj aux:pass punct root I PRON 'm AUX famished VERB ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 famished nsubj 2 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 famished aux:pass 3 famished famish VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 ! ! PUNCT _ 3 famished punct
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1 famish present · passive I tree rules
Sentence 2: What's for tea?
cop case nmod punct root What PRON 's AUX for ADP tea NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 for for ADP _ 4 tea case 4 tea tea NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nmod 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
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1 is a present for tea tree rules
Example 2 After the long hike, we were all famished.
case det amod obl punct nsubj aux:pass advmod punct root After ADP the DET long ADJ hike NOUN , PUNCT we PRON were AUX all ADV famished VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 After after ADP _ 4 hike case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 hike det 3 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 4 hike amod 4 hike hike NOUN Number=Sing 9 famished obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 hike punct 6 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 9 famished nsubj 7 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 famished aux:pass 8 all all ADV _ 9 famished advmod 9 famished famish VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 10 . . PUNCT _ 9 famished punct
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1 famish past · passive we after the long hike all property tree rules
Example 3 The famished puppy gobbled its food in seconds.
det amod nsubj nmod:poss obj case obl punct root The DET famished VERB puppy NOUN gobbled VERB its PRON food NOUN in ADP seconds NOUN . PUNCT 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 famished famish VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 puppy amod 3 puppy puppy NOUN Number=Sing 4 gobbled nsubj 4 gobbled gobble VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 food nmod:poss 6 food food NOUN Number=Sing 4 gobbled obj 7 in in ADP _ 8 seconds case 8 seconds second NOUN Number=Plur 4 gobbled obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 gobbled punct
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1 famish participle tree rules 2 gobble past the famished puppy puppy's food second vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent food=Theme
Example 4 He came home from rugby practice absolutely famished.
nsubj advmod case compound obl advmod parataxis punct root He PRON came VERB home ADV from ADP rugby NOUN practice NOUN absolutely ADV famished VERB . PUNCT 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 2 came nsubj 2 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 home home ADV _ 2 came advmod 4 from from ADP _ 6 practice case 5 rugby rugby NOUN Number=Sing 6 practice compound 6 practice practice NOUN Number=Sing 8 famished obl 7 absolutely absolutely ADV _ 8 famished advmod 8 famished famish VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 came parataxis 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 came punct
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1 come past He home property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 famish past rugby practice absolutely property tree rules
Example 5 The famished travellers shared their last bread.
det amod nsubj nmod:poss amod obj punct root The DET famished ADJ travellers NOUN shared VERB their PRON last ADJ bread NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 travellers det 2 famished famished ADJ Degree=Pos 3 travellers amod 3 travellers traveller NOUN Number=Plur 4 shared nsubj 4 shared share VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 bread nmod:poss 6 last last ADJ Degree=Pos 7 bread amod 7 bread bread NOUN Number=Sing 4 shared obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 shared punct
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1 share past the famished travellers travellers's last bread tree rules
Example 6 Don't go swimming famished; have a snack first.
aux advmod xcomp xcomp punct conj det obj advmod punct root Do AUX n't PART go VERB swimming VERB famished VERB ; PUNCT have VERB a DET snack NOUN first ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 go aux 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 3 go advmod 3 go go VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 swimming swim VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 go xcomp 5 famished famish VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 swimming xcomp 6 ; ; PUNCT _ 7 have punct 7 have have VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 go conj 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 snack det 9 snack snack NOUN Number=Sing 7 have obj 10 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 7 have advmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 go punct
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1 not go imperative · do-support you not said here vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 swim gerund you not said here tree rules 3 famish participle you not said here tree rules 4 have infinitive you not said here a snack first property vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snack=Patient
Example 7 This gave them new life; for the poor people were almost famished.
nsubj iobj amod obj punct mark det amod nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod conj punct root This PRON gave VERB them PRON new ADJ life NOUN ; PUNCT for SCONJ the DET poor ADJ people NOUN were AUX almost ADV famished VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 This this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 2 gave nsubj 2 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 gave iobj 4 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 5 life amod 5 life life NOUN Number=Sing 2 gave obj 6 ; ; PUNCT _ 13 famished punct 7 for for SCONJ _ 13 famished mark 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 people det 9 poor poor ADJ Degree=Pos 10 people amod 10 people people NOUN Number=Plur 13 famished nsubj:pass 11 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 13 famished aux:pass 12 almost almost ADV _ 13 famished advmod 13 famished famish VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 gave conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 gave punct
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1 give past This new life them = they vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient life=Theme 2 famish past · passive the poor people almost property tree rules
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