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meagre

Who acts: you, prisoners, They, We, meagre savings, His · What happens: lean, eat, live, have, not be, save · To what, where: meagre meal, meagre wage, meagre harvest, meagre rations, war, it

«meagre» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: meagre in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Small in amount, not enough: «a meagre meal», «meagre wages».

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 enough	csubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 amount	case
3	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Small	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 enough	punct
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 enough	advmod
6	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 enough	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 meal	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 meal	det
10	meagre	meagre	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 meal	amod
11	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 enough	parataxis
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 meal	punct
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 wages	punct
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 wages	punct
15	meagre	meagre	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 wages	amod
16	wages	wage	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 meal	conj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 meal	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 enough	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

Usage: old — kept apart, not parsed.

Thin, lean.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lean	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Thin	punct
3	lean	lean	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lean	imperative	you not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The prisoners ate a meagre meal of bread and water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prisoners	det
2	prisoners	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ate	nsubj
3	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 meal	det
5	meagre	meagre	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 meal	amod
6	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ate	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 bread	case
8	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 meal	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 water	cc
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 meal	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	the prisoners	a meagre meal of bread and water					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Patient

Example 2

They lived on a meagre wage.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lived	nsubj
2	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 wage	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wage	det
5	meagre	meagre	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wage	amod
6	wage	wage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lived	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	They			a meagre wage			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on wage=Location

Example 3

We had a meagre harvest after the dry summer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 harvest	det
4	meagre	meagre	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 harvest	amod
5	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
6	after	after	ADP	_	9 summer	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 summer	det
8	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 summer	amod
9	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	We	a meagre harvest			summer		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harvest=Patient

Example 4

His meagre savings were not enough for a bike.

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	3 savings	nmod:poss
2	meagre	meagre	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 savings	amod
3	savings	savings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 enough	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 enough	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 enough	advmod
6	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 bike	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bike	det
9	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 enough	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 enough	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	past	His meagre savings					for a bike; enough property	tree rules
2	save		His = he						nom savings «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Example 5

The soup was meagre and thin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

Example 6

In the war, families had meagre rations.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 war	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 war	det
3	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 had	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 war	punct
5	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 had	nsubj
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	meagre	meagre	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rations	compound
8	rations	ration	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 had	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	families	meagre rations		the war			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ration=Patient

Example 7

She did not touch it; and the next morning she went off again without taking the meagre breakfast which was left out for her.

The tree, 24 words

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	4 touch	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 touch	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 touch	advmod
4	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 touch	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 went	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 went	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 morning	det
9	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 morning	amod
10	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 went	obl:unmarked
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 went	nsubj
12	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 touch	parataxis
13	off	off	ADP	_	12 went	compound:prt
14	again	again	ADV	_	12 went	advmod
15	without	without	SCONJ	_	16 taking	mark
16	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 went	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 breakfast	det
18	meagre	meagre	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 breakfast	compound
19	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 taking	obj
20	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 left	nsubj:pass
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 left	aux:pass
22	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 breakfast	acl:relcl
23	out	out	ADP	_	22 left	compound:prt
24	for	for	ADP	_	25 her	case
25	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 left	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 touch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not touch	past · do-support	She	it					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme
2	go off	past	she				again; morning		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
3	take	gerund	she not said here	the meagre breakfast					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breakfast=Theme
4	leave out	past · passive		the meagre breakfast				for her = she	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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