helplessness
Who acts: Helplessness, us, She, storm, friend · What happens: be, act, help, make, protect, feel · To what, where: state, oneself, us, helplessness
«helplessness» 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: helplessness in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Helplessness is the state of being unable to act or help oneself.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helplessness | helplessness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 state | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 state | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 state | det |
| 4 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 7 unable | mark |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 unable | cop |
| 7 | unable | unable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 state | nmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 act | mark |
| 9 | act | act | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 unable | xcomp |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 help | cc |
| 11 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 act | conj |
| 12 | oneself | oneself | PRON | Case=Acc Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 11 help | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 state | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Helplessness | the state | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | unable property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | act | to-infinitive | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | help | infinitive | oneself | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oneself=Beneficiary |
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
The baby's helplessness made us protect her.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 baby | det |
| 2 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 helplessness | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 baby | case |
| 4 | helplessness | helplessness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | nsubj |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 made | obj |
| 7 | protect | protect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 made | xcomp |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 protect | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the baby's helplessness | us | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | protect | infinitive | us not said here | helplessness | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary |
Example 2
She felt helplessness as the storm grew.
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 felt | nsubj |
| 2 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | helplessness | helplessness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 felt | obj |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 grew | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 storm | det |
| 6 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 grew | nsubj |
| 7 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 felt | advcl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 felt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past | She | helplessness | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helplessness=Theme | ||||
| 2 | grow | past | the storm | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 3
His helplessness turned to hope when a friend arrived.
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 | 2 helplessness | nmod:poss |
| 2 | helplessness | helplessness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turned | nsubj |
| 3 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 hope | mark |
| 5 | hope | hope | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 turned | xcomp |
| 6 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 9 arrived | mark |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 friend | det |
| 8 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 arrived | nsubj |
| 9 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 hope | ccomp |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 turned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | His helplessness | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | hope | to-infinitive | His helplessness not said here | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | arrive | past | a friend | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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