grief Who acts: someone, Good grief, She, dog, Grief, you · What happens: die, lose, give, mean, annoy, bother · To what, where: someone grief, them, surprise, you, grief, me · Speech: someone speaks here
«grief» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: grief in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A deep, strong sadness, especially when someone or a pet dies or is lost.
The tree, 14 words det amod punct amod punct advmod mark nsubj cc det conj parataxis cc aux:pass conj punct root A DET deep ADJ , PUNCT strong ADJ sadness NOUN , PUNCT especially ADV when SCONJ someone PRON or CCONJ a DET pet NOUN dies VERB or CCONJ is AUX lost VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 sadness det 2 deep deep ADJ Degree=Pos 5 sadness amod 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 deep punct 4 strong strong ADJ Degree=Pos 5 sadness amod 5 sadness sadness NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 13 dies punct 7 especially especially ADV _ 13 dies advmod 8 when when SCONJ _ 13 dies mark 9 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 13 dies nsubj 10 or or CCONJ _ 12 pet cc 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 pet det 12 pet pet NOUN Number=Sing 9 someone conj 13 dies die VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 sadness parataxis 14 or or CCONJ _ 16 lost cc 15 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 lost aux:pass 16 lost lose VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 13 dies conj 17 . . PUNCT _ 5 sadness punct
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1 die present someone especially property vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute 2 lose present · passive someone not said here vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»
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 "Give someone grief" means annoy, bother or criticise them (informal).
The tree, 10 words punct csubj compound obj punct ccomp punct conj cc conj obj punct parataxis punct punct root " PUNCT Give VERB someone PRON grief NOUN " PUNCT means VERB annoy VERB , PUNCT bother VERB or CCONJ criticise VERB them PRON ( PUNCT informal ADJ ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 2 Give punct 2 Give give VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 6 means csubj 3 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 4 grief compound 4 grief grief NOUN Number=Sing 2 Give obj 5 " " PUNCT _ 2 Give punct 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 annoy annoy VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 means ccomp 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 bother punct 9 bother bother VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 annoy conj 10 or or CCONJ _ 11 criticise cc 11 criticise criticise VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 annoy conj 12 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 criticise obj 13 ( ( PUNCT _ 14 informal punct 14 informal informal ADJ Degree=Pos 11 criticise parataxis 15 ) ) PUNCT _ 14 informal punct 16 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct
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1 give in a quote infinitive someone grief vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grief=Theme 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 annoy infinitive vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer 4 bother infinitive vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer 5 criticise infinitive them = they tree rules
Meaning 3 "Good grief!" shows surprise or annoyance.
punct amod nsubj punct punct obj cc conj punct root " PUNCT Good ADJ grief NOUN ! PUNCT " PUNCT shows VERB surprise NOUN or CCONJ annoyance NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 3 grief punct 2 Good good ADJ Degree=Pos 3 grief amod 3 grief grief NOUN Number=Sing 6 shows nsubj 4 ! ! PUNCT _ 3 grief punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 3 grief punct 6 shows show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 surprise surprise NOUN Number=Sing 6 shows obj 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 annoyance cc 9 annoyance annoyance NOUN Number=Sing 7 surprise conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 shows punct
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1 show present Good grief surprise or annoyance vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent surprise=Recipient
Example 1 She was full of grief when her dog died.
nsubj cop case obl mark nmod:poss nsubj advcl punct root She PRON was AUX full ADJ of ADP grief NOUN when SCONJ her PRON dog NOUN died VERB . PUNCT 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 3 full nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 full cop 3 full full ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 of of ADP _ 5 grief case 5 grief grief NOUN Number=Sing 3 full obl 6 when when SCONJ _ 9 died mark 7 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 dog nmod:poss 8 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 9 died nsubj 9 died die VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 full advcl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 full punct
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1 is past She of grief; full property tree rules 2 die past her dog vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
Example 2 Grief can make you feel tired and sad.
nsubj aux obj xcomp xcomp cc conj punct root Grief NOUN can AUX make VERB you PRON feel VERB tired ADJ and CCONJ sad ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grief grief NOUN Number=Sing 3 make nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 make aux 3 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 make obj 5 feel feel VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 make xcomp 6 tired tired ADJ Degree=Pos 5 feel xcomp 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 sad cc 8 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos 6 tired conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 make punct
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1 make can Grief you tree rules 2 feel infinitive you not said here tired property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Example 3 Talking helps with grief.
nsubj case obl punct root Talking VERB helps VERB with ADP grief NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Talking talk VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 helps nsubj 2 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 with with ADP _ 4 grief case 4 grief grief NOUN Number=Sing 2 helps obl 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 helps punct
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1 talk gerund vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 help present with grief vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with grief=Theme
Example 4 Good grief, what a mess!
amod punct det det conj punct root Good ADJ grief NOUN , PUNCT what DET a DET mess NOUN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Good good ADJ Degree=Pos 2 grief amod 2 grief grief NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 mess punct 4 what what DET PronType=Int 6 mess det 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 mess det 6 mess mess NOUN Number=Sing 2 grief conj 7 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 grief punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 5 My brother gave me grief about my haircut.
nmod:poss nsubj iobj obj case nmod:poss nmod punct root My PRON brother NOUN gave VERB me PRON grief NOUN about ADP my PRON haircut NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 brother nmod:poss 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave nsubj 3 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 gave iobj 5 grief grief NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave obj 6 about about ADP _ 8 haircut case 7 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 haircut nmod:poss 8 haircut haircut NOUN Number=Sing 5 grief nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 gave punct
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1 give past My brother grief me about my haircut vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient grief=Theme
Example 6 The ship came to grief on the rocks.
det nsubj case obl case det obl punct root The DET ship NOUN came VERB to ADP grief NOUN on ADP the DET rocks NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 ship det 2 ship ship NOUN Number=Sing 3 came nsubj 3 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to ADP _ 5 grief case 5 grief grief NOUN Number=Sing 3 came obl 6 on on ADP _ 8 rocks case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 rocks det 8 rocks rock NOUN Number=Plur 3 came obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 came punct
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1 come past the ship the rocks to grief vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to grief=Initial_Location
Example 7 ‘What secret grief is troubling you?
punct det amod nsubj aux obj punct root ‘ PUNCT What DET secret ADJ grief NOUN is AUX troubling VERB you PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ‘ ' PUNCT _ 6 troubling punct 2 What what DET PronType=Int 4 grief det 3 secret secret ADJ Degree=Pos 4 grief amod 4 grief grief NOUN Number=Sing 6 troubling nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 troubling aux 6 troubling trouble VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 7 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 troubling obj 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 6 troubling punct
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1 trouble present · progressive what secret grief you vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer
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