mischance

Who acts: Mischance, unlucky accident, vase, hikers, small mischance · What happens: be, happen, fall, break, lose, spoil · To what, where: bad luck, way, mischance, picnic

«mischance» 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: mischance in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Mischance is bad luck, or an unlucky accident that happens by chance.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mischance	mischance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 luck	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 luck	cop
3	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 luck	amod
4	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 accident	punct
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 accident	cc
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 accident	det
8	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 accident	amod
9	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 luck	conj
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 happens	nsubj
11	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 accident	acl:relcl
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 chance	case
13	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 happens	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 luck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Mischance	bad luck or a unlucky accident					tree rules
2	happen	present	a unlucky accident					by chance	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by chance=Location

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

By some mischance the vase fell and broke.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 mischance	case
2	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 mischance	det
3	mischance	mischance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fell	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 vase	det
5	vase	vase	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fell	nsubj
6	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 broke	cc
8	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fell	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the vase					by some mischance	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by mischance=Location
2	break	past	the vase not said here						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Example 2

The hikers lost their way through mischance.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hikers	det
2	hikers	hiker	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lost	nsubj
3	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 way	nmod:poss
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obj
6	through	through	ADP	_	7 mischance	case
7	mischance	mischance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	the hikers	hikers's way		mischance			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality

Example 3

A small mischance spoiled our picnic.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 mischance	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mischance	amod
3	mischance	mischance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spoiled	nsubj
4	spoiled	spoil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 picnic	nmod:poss
6	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spoiled	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 spoiled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spoil	participle	a small mischance	our picnic					tree rules

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