gaunt

Who acts: Gaunt, she, old beggar, gaunt face · What happens: mean, look, gaunt, be, frighten · To what, where: children

«gaunt» 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: gaunt in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Gaunt means very thin, with a bony, hungry look, often from illness or hunger.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gaunt	gaunt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 thin	advmod
4	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 look	punct
6	with	with	ADP	_	11 look	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 look	det
8	bony	bony	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 look	amod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bony	punct
10	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 look	amod
11	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 illness	punct
13	often	often	ADV	_	15 illness	advmod
14	from	from	ADP	_	15 illness	case
15	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 look	appos
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 hunger	cc
17	hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 illness	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Gaunt					thin property	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.

Example 1

After the long winter she looked pale and gaunt.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	4 winter	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 winter	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 winter	amod
4	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 looked	obl
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 looked	nsubj
6	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 looked	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gaunt	cc
9	gaunt	gaunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 pale	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	she				winter	pale property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	gaunt	infinitive	she not said here						tree rules

Example 2

The old beggar was gaunt and grey.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 beggar	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 beggar	amod
3	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gaunt	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 gaunt	cop
5	gaunt	gaunt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 grey	cc
7	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 gaunt	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 gaunt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the old beggar					gaunt property	tree rules
2	be		the old beggar not said here						tree rules

Example 3

His gaunt face frightened the children.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 face	nmod:poss
2	gaunt	gaunt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 face	amod
3	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 frightened	nsubj
4	frightened	frighten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 children	det
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 frightened	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 frightened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten	past	His gaunt face	the children					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer

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