perplexed

Who acts: you · What happens: understand, perplex, not joke · To what, where: something, yokel awaking, I

«perplexed» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: perplexed in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Puzzled and unsure, not able to understand something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Puzzled	puzzled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 unsure	cc
3	unsure	unsure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Puzzled	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 able	punct
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 able	advmod
6	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Puzzled	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 understand	mark
8	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 able	xcomp
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 understand	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Puzzled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	understand	to-infinitive		something					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus

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 yokel awaking is perplexed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 awaking	det
2	yokel	yokel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 awaking	compound
3	awaking	awaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perplexed	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 perplexed	aux:pass
5	perplexed	perplex	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 perplexed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perplex	present · passive		the yokel awaking					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Example 2

"Please, you must not joke with me, I am greatly perplexed."

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 joke	punct
2	Please	please	INTJ	_	7 joke	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Please	punct
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 joke	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 joke	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 joke	advmod
7	joke	joke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 me	case
9	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 joke	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 perplexed	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 perplexed	nsubj
12	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 perplexed	aux:pass
13	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	14 perplexed	advmod
14	perplexed	perplex	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 joke	advcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 joke	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 joke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not joke speech: other in a quote	must	you					with me	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with i=Co-Agent
2	perplex in a quote	present · passive		I				greatly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

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