mope
Who acts: you, He, Brer · What happens: be, sit about, not want, join in, not mope, go · To what, where: room
«mope» 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: mope in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To mope is to be low, sad and dull, sitting about and not wanting to join in.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 mope | mark |
| 2 | mope | mope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 low | advcl |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 low | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 low | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 low | cop |
| 6 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 sad | punct |
| 8 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 low | conj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 dull | cc |
| 10 | dull | dull | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 low | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 sitting | punct |
| 12 | sitting | sit | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 low | parataxis |
| 13 | about | about | ADV | _ | 14 and | advmod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 wanting | cc |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 wanting | advmod |
| 16 | wanting | want | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 sitting | conj |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 join | mark |
| 18 | join | join | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 wanting | xcomp |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 join | compound:prt |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 low | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | low property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | be | tree rules | |||||||
| 3 | be | tree rules | |||||||
| 4 | sit about | gerund | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | not want | gerund | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||||
| 6 | join in not said to happen | to-infinitive | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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
Don't mope; go and play with the others.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 mope | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 mope | advmod |
| 3 | mope | mope | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 go | punct |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 mope | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 play | cc |
| 7 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 go | conj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 others | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 others | det |
| 10 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 play | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 mope | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not mope | imperative · do-support | you not said here | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | go | infinitive | you not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | play | infinitive | you not said here | with the others | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with other=Theme |
Example 2
He moped in his room all day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 moped | nsubj |
| 2 | moped | mope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 room | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 room | nmod:poss |
| 5 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 moped | obl |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 moped | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 moped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mope | past | He | his room | day | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Example 3
Brer Rabbit moped about the house, looking sad.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 moped | nsubj |
| 2 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Brer | flat |
| 3 | moped | mope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 house | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 house | det |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moped | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 looking | punct |
| 8 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 moped | advcl |
| 9 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 looking | xcomp |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 moped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mope | past | Brer | about the house | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | look | gerund | Brer not said here | sad property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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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