misery Who acts: poor living conditions, person, you, news, they, misery · What happens: live, be, complain, do, not be, make · To what, where: misery, life, them, animal, suffering, someone · Speech: someone speaks here
«misery» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: misery in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Great unhappiness or suffering, in body or mind.
amod cc conj punct case conj cc conj punct root Great ADJ unhappiness NOUN or CCONJ suffering NOUN , PUNCT in ADP body NOUN or CCONJ mind NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Great great ADJ Degree=Pos 2 unhappiness amod 2 unhappiness unhappiness NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 or or CCONJ _ 4 suffering cc 4 suffering suffering NOUN Number=Sing 2 unhappiness conj 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 body punct 6 in in ADP _ 7 body case 7 body body NOUN Number=Sing 2 unhappiness conj 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 mind cc 9 mind mind NOUN Number=Sing 2 unhappiness conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 unhappiness punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 2 Very poor and hard living conditions: «they lived in misery».
advmod amod cc conj compound nsubj punct punct nsubj case obl punct punct root Very ADV poor ADJ and CCONJ hard ADJ living NOUN conditions NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT they PRON lived VERB in ADP misery NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Very very ADV _ 2 poor advmod 2 poor poor ADJ Degree=Pos 6 conditions amod 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 hard cc 4 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 2 poor conj 5 living living NOUN Number=Sing 6 conditions compound 6 conditions condition NOUN Number=Plur 10 lived nsubj 7 : : PUNCT _ 6 conditions punct 8 « « PUNCT _ 10 lived punct 9 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 lived nsubj 10 lived live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 11 in in ADP _ 12 misery case 12 misery misery NOUN Number=Sing 10 lived obl 13 » » PUNCT _ 10 lived punct 14 . . PUNCT _ 10 lived punct
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1 live in a quote past poor living conditions misery vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in misery=Location
Meaning 3 Usage: UK, informal — kept apart, not parsed.
A person who is always grumpy and complaining: «Don't be such a misery!».
The tree, 14 words det nsubj nsubj cop advmod cc conj punct punct parataxis advmod cop det:predet det obl punct punct punct root A DET person NOUN who PRON is AUX always ADV grumpy ADJ and CCONJ complaining VERB : PUNCT « PUNCT Do VERB n't PART be AUX such DET a DET misery NOUN ! PUNCT » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 person det 2 person person NOUN Number=Sing 6 grumpy nsubj 3 who who PRON PronType=Rel 6 grumpy nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 grumpy cop 5 always always ADV PronType=Tot 6 grumpy advmod 6 grumpy grumpy ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 complaining cc 8 complaining complain VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 grumpy conj 9 : : PUNCT _ 11 Do punct 10 « « PUNCT _ 11 Do punct 11 Do do VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 6 grumpy parataxis 12 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 16 misery advmod 13 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 16 misery cop 14 such such DET PronType=Ind 16 misery det:predet 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 misery det 16 misery misery NOUN Number=Sing 11 Do obl 17 ! ! PUNCT _ 11 Do punct 18 » » PUNCT _ 11 Do punct 19 . . PUNCT _ 6 grumpy punct
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1 is present a person always, grumpy property tree rules 2 complain speech: other gerund a person not said here vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 do in a quote infinitive vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 not is a in a quote infinitive such misery tree rules
Meaning 4 Usage: idioms — kept apart, not parsed.
«make someone's life a misery» (keep upsetting them); «put an animal out of its misery» (kill it kindly to end its suffering); «put someone out of their misery» (tell them news they are anxious to hear).
The tree, 37 words punct nmod:poss case obj det obj punct punct parataxis xcomp obj punct punct punct conj det obj case case nmod:poss obl punct punct parataxis obj advmod mark advcl nmod:poss obj punct punct punct parataxis obj case case nmod:poss obl punct punct parataxis iobj obj nsubj cop acl:relcl mark xcomp punct punct root « PUNCT make VERB someone PRON 's PART life NOUN a DET misery NOUN » PUNCT ( PUNCT keep VERB upsetting VERB them PRON ) PUNCT ; PUNCT « PUNCT put VERB an DET animal NOUN out ADP of ADP its PRON misery NOUN » PUNCT ( PUNCT kill VERB it PRON kindly ADV to PART end VERB its PRON suffering NOUN ) PUNCT ; PUNCT « PUNCT put VERB someone PRON out ADP of ADP their PRON misery NOUN » PUNCT ( PUNCT tell VERB them PRON news NOUN they PRON are AUX anxious ADJ to PART hear VERB ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 make punct 2 make make VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 5 life nmod:poss 4 's 's PART _ 3 someone case 5 life life NOUN Number=Sing 2 make obj 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 misery det 7 misery misery NOUN Number=Sing 2 make obj 8 » » PUNCT _ 2 make punct 9 ( ( PUNCT _ 10 keep punct 10 keep keep VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 2 make parataxis 11 upsetting upset VERB VerbForm=Ger 10 keep xcomp 12 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 upsetting obj 13 ) ) PUNCT _ 10 keep punct 14 ; ; PUNCT _ 16 put punct 15 « « PUNCT _ 16 put punct 16 put put VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 2 make conj 17 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 18 animal det 18 animal animal NOUN Number=Sing 16 put obj 19 out out ADP _ 22 misery case 20 of of ADP _ 22 misery case 21 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 22 misery nmod:poss 22 misery misery NOUN Number=Sing 16 put obl 23 » » PUNCT _ 2 make punct 24 ( ( PUNCT _ 25 kill punct 25 kill kill VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 2 make parataxis 26 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 25 kill obj 27 kindly kindly ADV _ 25 kill advmod 28 to to PART _ 29 end mark 29 end end VERB VerbForm=Inf 25 kill advcl 30 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 31 suffering nmod:poss 31 suffering suffering NOUN Number=Sing 29 end obj 32 ) ) PUNCT _ 25 kill punct 33 ; ; PUNCT _ 35 put punct 34 « « PUNCT _ 35 put punct 35 put put VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 make parataxis 36 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 35 put obj 37 out out ADP _ 40 misery case 38 of of ADP _ 40 misery case 39 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 40 misery nmod:poss 40 misery misery NOUN Number=Sing 35 put obl 41 » » PUNCT _ 2 make punct 42 ( ( PUNCT _ 43 tell punct 43 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 make parataxis 44 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 43 tell iobj 45 news news NOUN Number=Sing 43 tell obj 46 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 48 anxious nsubj 47 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 48 anxious cop 48 anxious anxious ADJ Degree=Pos 45 news acl:relcl 49 to to PART _ 50 hear mark 50 hear hear VERB VerbForm=Inf 48 anxious xcomp 51 ) ) PUNCT _ 43 tell punct 52 . . PUNCT _ 2 make punct
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1 make in a quote imperative you not said here someone's life tree rules 2 keep infinitive tree rules 3 upset gerund them = they vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer 4 put in a quote infinitive you not said here a animal animal's misery vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent animal=Theme out misery=Destination 5 kill infinitive life kindly property vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme 6 end to-infinitive misery's suffering vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality suffering=Eventuality 7 put in a quote past someone their misery vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent someone=Theme out misery=Destination 8 tell speech: assert infinitive news them = they vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient 9 is present they news not said here anxious property tree rules 10 hear to-infinitive they not said here vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer 11 suffer misery nom suffering «state intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 1 The war brought misery to millions of people.
det nsubj obj case obl case nmod punct root The DET war NOUN brought VERB misery NOUN to ADP millions NOUN of ADP people NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 war det 2 war war NOUN Number=Sing 3 brought nsubj 3 brought bring VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 misery misery NOUN Number=Sing 3 brought obj 5 to to ADP _ 6 millions case 6 millions million NOUN Number=Plur 3 brought obl 7 of of ADP _ 8 people case 8 people people NOUN Number=Plur 6 millions nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 brought punct
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1 bring past the war misery millions of people vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent misery=Theme to million=Destination
Example 2 The bully made her life a misery.
det nsubj obj obj det obj punct root The DET bully NOUN made VERB her PRON life NOUN a DET misery NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 bully det 2 bully bully NOUN Number=Sing 3 made nsubj 3 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 made obj 5 life life NOUN Number=Sing 3 made obj 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 misery det 7 misery misery NOUN Number=Sing 3 made obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 made punct
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1 make past the bully her = she tree rules
Example 3 Don't be such a misery – come and play!
advmod cop det:predet det obl punct parataxis cc conj punct root Do VERB n't PART be AUX such DET a DET misery NOUN – PUNCT come VERB and CCONJ play VERB ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 6 misery advmod 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 6 misery cop 4 such such DET PronType=Ind 6 misery det:predet 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 misery det 6 misery misery NOUN Number=Sing 1 Do obl 7 – - PUNCT _ 8 come punct 8 come come VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Do parataxis 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 play cc 10 play play VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 come conj 11 ! ! PUNCT _ 1 Do punct
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1 do imperative you not said here vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 not is a infinitive such misery tree rules 3 come infinitive vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 4 play infinitive vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 4 Come on, put me out of my misery and tell me the score!
The tree, 13 words advmod punct conj obj case case nmod:poss obl cc conj iobj det obj punct root Come VERB on ADV , PUNCT put VERB me PRON out ADP of ADP my PRON misery NOUN and CCONJ tell VERB me PRON the DET score NOUN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Come come VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 on on ADV _ 1 Come advmod 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 put punct 4 put put VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Come conj 5 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 4 put obj 6 out out ADP _ 9 misery case 7 of of ADP _ 9 misery case 8 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 misery nmod:poss 9 misery misery NOUN Number=Sing 4 put obl 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 tell cc 11 tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Come conj 12 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 11 tell iobj 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 score det 14 score score NOUN Number=Sing 11 tell obj 15 ! ! PUNCT _ 1 Come punct
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1 come on imperative you not said here vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 put infinitive you not said here me my misery vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme out misery=Destination 3 tell speech: assert infinitive you not said here the score me vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient score=Topic
Example 5 The flood left the town in misery.
det nsubj det obj case obl punct root The DET flood NOUN left VERB the DET town NOUN in ADP misery NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 flood det 2 flood flood NOUN Number=Sing 3 left nsubj 3 left leave VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 town det 5 town town NOUN Number=Sing 3 left obj 6 in in ADP _ 7 misery case 7 misery misery NOUN Number=Sing 3 left obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 left punct
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1 leave past the flood the town misery vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent town=Theme in misery=Location
Example 6 Grandad calls my brother a «misery guts» when he sulks.
nsubj nmod:poss obj det punct compound obj punct mark nsubj advcl punct root Grandad PROPN calls VERB my PRON brother NOUN a DET « PUNCT misery NOUN guts NOUN » PUNCT when SCONJ he PRON sulks VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 2 calls nsubj 2 calls call VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 brother nmod:poss 4 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 2 calls obj 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 guts det 6 « « PUNCT _ 8 guts punct 7 misery misery NOUN Number=Sing 8 guts compound 8 guts gut NOUN Number=Plur 2 calls obj 9 » » PUNCT _ 8 guts punct 10 when when SCONJ _ 12 sulks mark 11 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 sulks nsubj 12 sulks sulk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 calls advcl 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 calls punct
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1 call present Grandad my brother vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme gut=Result 2 sulk present Grandad vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
Example 7 Toothache is pure misery.
nsubj cop amod punct root Toothache NOUN is AUX pure ADJ misery NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Toothache toothache NOUN Number=Sing 4 misery nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 misery cop 3 pure pure ADJ Degree=Pos 4 misery amod 4 misery misery NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 . . PUNCT _ 4 misery punct
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1 is a present Toothache pure misery tree rules
Example 8 Charity groups work to end the misery of hunger.
compound nsubj mark advcl det obj case nmod punct root Charity NOUN groups NOUN work VERB to PART end VERB the DET misery NOUN of ADP hunger NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Charity charity NOUN Number=Sing 2 groups compound 2 groups group NOUN Number=Plur 3 work nsubj 3 work work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 end mark 5 end end VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 work advcl 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 misery det 7 misery misery NOUN Number=Sing 5 end obj 8 of of ADP _ 9 hunger case 9 hunger hunger NOUN Number=Sing 7 misery nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 work punct
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1 work present Charity groups vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 end to-infinitive Charity groups not said here the misery of hunger vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality misery=Eventuality
Example 9 Save my child from all that misery!
nmod:poss obj case det:predet det obl punct root Save VERB my PRON child NOUN from ADP all DET that DET misery NOUN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Save save VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 child nmod:poss 3 child child NOUN Number=Sing 1 Save obj 4 from from ADP _ 7 misery case 5 all all DET PronType=Tot 7 misery det:predet 6 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 7 misery det 7 misery misery NOUN Number=Sing 1 Save obl 8 ! ! PUNCT _ 1 Save punct
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1 save imperative you not said here my child all misery vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent child=Theme from misery=Source
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