impotent

Who acts: Impotent, giant, wizard, I · What happens: mean, do, stop, help, raise, be · To what, where: anything, sword, rope

«impotent» 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: impotent in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Impotent means without power or strength, unable to do anything to stop or help.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Impotent	impotent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	without	without	ADP	_	4 power	case
4	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 strength	cc
6	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 power	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 unable	punct
8	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 power	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 do	mark
10	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 unable	xcomp
11	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 do	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 stop	mark
13	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 anything	acl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 help	cc
15	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 stop	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Impotent		without power or strength	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	to-infinitive	Impotent not said here	anything		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality
3	stop	to-infinitive	Impotent not said here	anything not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	help	infinitive	Impotent not said here			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: 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

Once the sword was raised, the giant was impotent.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Once	once	SCONJ	_	5 raised	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sword	det
3	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 raised	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 raised	aux:pass
5	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 impotent	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 raised	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 giant	det
8	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 impotent	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 impotent	cop
10	impotent	impotent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 impotent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	past · passive		the sword					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	past	the giant					impotent property	tree rules

Example 2

Without his magic the wizard was impotent.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Without	without	ADP	_	3 magic	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 magic	nmod:poss
3	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 impotent	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wizard	det
5	wizard	wizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 impotent	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 impotent	cop
7	impotent	impotent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 impotent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the wizard					without his magic; impotent property	tree rules

Example 3

I felt impotent when I could not reach the rope.

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	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	impotent	impotent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 felt	xcomp
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 reach	mark
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 reach	nsubj
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 reach	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 reach	advmod
8	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 felt	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rope	det
10	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reach	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	I					impotent property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	not reach	could	I	the rope					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent rope=Theme

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