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infirm

Who acts: Infirm, grandad, old king, sailors, Many infirm people · What happens: mean, be, walk, ride, need, cross · To what, where: help, road

«infirm» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: infirm in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Infirm means weak in body, often because of old age or illness.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Infirm	infirm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 body	case
5	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 weak	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 age	punct
7	often	often	ADV	_	11 age	advmod
8	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	11 age	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 because	fixed
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 age	amod
11	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 illness	cc
13	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 age	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Infirm				because old age or illness	weak 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

My grandad is infirm now and walks with a stick.

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 grandad	nmod:poss
2	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 infirm	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 infirm	cop
4	infirm	infirm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 infirm	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 walks	cc
7	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 infirm	conj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 stick	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 stick	det
10	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walks	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 infirm	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	My grandad				now	infirm property	tree rules
2	walk	present	My grandad not said here					with a stick	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

The old king was too infirm to ride.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 king	amod
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 infirm	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 infirm	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 infirm	advmod
6	infirm	infirm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 ride	mark
8	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 infirm	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 infirm	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the old king					infirm property	tree rules
2	ride	to-infinitive	the old king not said here						vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The sailors were infirm and sickly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sailors	det
2	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 infirm	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 infirm	cop
4	infirm	infirm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sickly	cc
6	sickly	sickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 infirm	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 infirm	punct

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

Example 4

Many infirm people need help to cross the road.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 people	amod
2	infirm	infirm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 people	amod
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 need	nsubj
4	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 need	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 cross	mark
7	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 help	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 road	det
9	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cross	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 need	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Many infirm people	help					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme
2	cross	to-infinitive	Many infirm people not said here	the road					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient

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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