mournful

Who acts: Mournful, you, she, He, mournful wind · What happens: mean, show, be, ask, look, blow · To what, where: grief, moor

«mournful» 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: mournful in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Mournful means full of sorrow or sadness, showing grief.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mournful	mournful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 sorrow	case
5	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 full	obl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 sadness	cc
7	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sorrow	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 showing	punct
9	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	conj
10	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 showing	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Mournful					full property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	show	gerund	Mournful not said here	grief					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grief=Recipient

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

Why are you so mournful? she asks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 mournful	advmod
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mournful	cop
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 mournful	nsubj
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 mournful	advmod
5	mournful	mournful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 asks	ccomp
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 mournful	punct
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 asks	nsubj
8	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	you					mournful property	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	present	she						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

He looked very mournful after the game.

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 looked	nsubj
2	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 mournful	advmod
4	mournful	mournful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 looked	xcomp
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 game	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 game	det
7	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 looked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	He				after the game	mournful property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 3

A mournful wind blew over the moor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wind	det
2	mournful	mournful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wind	amod
3	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blew	nsubj
4	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 moor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 moor	det
7	moor	moor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blew	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 blew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	past	a mournful wind			the moor			vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

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