luckless
Who acts: luckless fox, luckless traveller, Poor luckless boy · What happens: have, lose, leave, trip · To what, where: bad fortune, fault, supper, money, stone
«luckless» 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: luckless in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Unlucky; having bad fortune, often through no fault of one's own.
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unlucky | unlucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 having | punct |
| 3 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Unlucky | advcl |
| 4 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fortune | amod |
| 5 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 having | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 fault | punct |
| 7 | often | often | ADV | _ | 10 fault | advmod |
| 8 | through | through | ADP | _ | 10 fault | case |
| 9 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 10 fault | det |
| 10 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 having | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 own | case |
| 12 | one | one | PRON | Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 own | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 one | case |
| 14 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 fault | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Unlucky | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | gerund | bad fortune | no fault of one's own | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Patient |
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 luckless fox lost his supper to the crow.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fox | det |
| 2 | luckless | luckless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fox | amod |
| 3 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lost | nsubj |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 supper | nmod:poss |
| 6 | supper | supper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lost | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 crow | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 crow | det |
| 9 | crow | crow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lost | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 lost | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | the luckless fox | fox's supper | to the crow | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Eventuality |
Example 2
A luckless traveller had no money left.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 traveller | det |
| 2 | luckless | luckless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 traveller | amod |
| 3 | traveller | traveller | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 money | det |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | obj |
| 7 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 money | acl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | a luckless traveller | no money | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | ||||
| 2 | leave | participle | no money not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 3
Poor luckless boy, he trips on every stone.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 boy | amod |
| 2 | luckless | luckless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 boy | amod |
| 3 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 trips | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 boy | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 trips | nsubj |
| 6 | trips | trip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 stone | case |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 stone | det |
| 9 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 trips | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 trips | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trip | present | Poor luckless boy | every stone | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on stone=Trajectory |
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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