motherless

Who acts: Motherless, Hermes, Many fairy tales · What happens: mean, have, give, care, treat, begin · To what, where: living mother, motherless child, care, little motherless girl

«motherless» 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: motherless in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Motherless means having no living mother.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Motherless	motherless	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 mother	det
5	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mother	compound
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 having	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Motherless						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have not said to happen	gerund	Motherless not said here	no living mother					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=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 motherless child was given to the care of Hermes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 child	det
2	motherless	motherless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 child	amod
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 given	aux:pass
5	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 care	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 care	det
8	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Hermes	case
10	Hermes	Hermes	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 care	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		the motherless child	the care of Hermes				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to care=Recipient
2	care		Hermes						nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent

Example 2

The little motherless girl was often treated unkindly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 girl	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 girl	amod
3	motherless	motherless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 girl	amod
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 treated	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 treated	aux:pass
6	often	often	ADV	_	7 treated	advmod
7	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	unkindly	unkindly	ADV	_	7 treated	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 treated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	past · passive		the little motherless girl				often, unkindly property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Example 3

Many fairy tales begin with a motherless prince.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tales	amod
2	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tales	compound
3	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 begin	nsubj
4	begin	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 prince	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 prince	det
7	motherless	motherless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 prince	amod
8	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 begin	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 begin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	present	Many fairy tales					with a motherless prince	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with prince=Subeventuality

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