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feeble

Who acts: baby bird, she, That, feeble excuse, torch, He · What happens: be, not fly, say, not do, give, make · To what, where: feeble voice, feeble excuse, homework, feeble light, feeble attempt, box · Speech: someone speaks here

«feeble» 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: feeble in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Very weak, without strength or energy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 weak	advmod
2	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 strength	punct
4	without	without	ADP	_	5 strength	case
5	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 weak	conj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 energy	cc
7	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 strength	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 weak	punct

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

Meaning 2

Not good enough or not convincing: «a feeble excuse», «a feeble joke».

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 good	advmod
2	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	enough	enough	ADV	_	2 good	advmod
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 convincing	cc
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 convincing	advmod
6	convincing	convincing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 good	conj
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 excuse	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 excuse	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 excuse	det
10	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 excuse	amod
11	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 good	parataxis
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 excuse	punct
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 joke	punct
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 joke	punct
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 joke	det
16	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 joke	amod
17	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 excuse	parataxis
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 joke	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 good	punct

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

Example 1

The baby bird was feeble and couldn't fly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bird	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bird	compound
3	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feeble	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 feeble	cop
5	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fly	cc
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 fly	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 fly	advmod
9	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 feeble	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 feeble	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the baby bird					feeble property	tree rules
2	not fly	could	the baby bird not said here						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

"Help," she said in a feeble voice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Help	punct
2	Help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	ccomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Help	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Help	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 said	nsubj
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 voice	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 voice	det
9	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 voice	amod
10	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she			a feeble voice			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in voice=Manner

Example 3

That's a feeble excuse for not doing your homework!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 excuse	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 excuse	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 excuse	det
4	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 excuse	amod
5	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 doing	mark
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 doing	advmod
8	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 excuse	acl
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 homework	nmod:poss
10	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 doing	obj
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 excuse	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	That	a feeble excuse					tree rules
2	not do	gerund	a feeble excuse not said here	your homework					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality

Example 4

The torch gave a feeble light.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 torch	det
2	torch	torch	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 light	det
5	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 light	amod
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the torch	a feeble light					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Theme

Example 5

He made a feeble attempt to lift the box.

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 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 attempt	det
4	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 attempt	amod
5	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 lift	mark
7	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 attempt	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 box	det
9	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lift	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	He	a feeble attempt					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attempt=Product
2	lift	to-infinitive	He not said here	the box					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme

Example 6

The joke was so feeble nobody laughed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 joke	det
2	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feeble	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 feeble	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 feeble	advmod
5	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 laughed	nsubj
7	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 feeble	acl:relcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 feeble	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the joke					feeble property	tree rules
2	laugh	past	nobody						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 7

Years went over, and the Giant grew very old and feeble.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADV	_	2 went	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 grew	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 grew	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Giant	det
7	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 grew	nsubj
8	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 old	advmod
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 grew	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 feeble	cc
12	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 old	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go over	past	Years					over property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
2	grow	past	the Giant					old property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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