perturbed
Who acts: you, strange noise, lights, we · What happens: not feel, perturb, go out, be · To what, where: She, children, Mum
«perturbed» 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: perturbed in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Worried and unsettled, so that you cannot feel calm.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worried | worried | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 unsettled | cc |
| 3 | unsettled | unsettled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Worried | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 feel | punct |
| 5 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 10 feel | mark |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 so | fixed |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 feel | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 feel | aux |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 feel | advmod |
| 10 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Worried | advcl |
| 11 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 feel | xcomp |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Worried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not feel | can | you | calm property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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
She was perturbed by the strange noise.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 perturbed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 perturbed | aux:pass |
| 3 | perturbed | perturb | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 noise | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 noise | det |
| 6 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 noise | amod |
| 7 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 perturbed | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 perturbed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | perturb | past · passive | the strange noise | She | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |
Example 2
The children looked perturbed when the lights went out.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 children | det |
| 2 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 perturbed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 perturbed | aux:pass |
| 4 | perturbed | perturb | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 went | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lights | det |
| 7 | lights | light | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 went | nsubj |
| 8 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 perturbed | advcl |
| 9 | out | out | ADV | _ | 8 went | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 perturbed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | perturb | past · passive | the children | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | go out | past | the lights | out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
Mum was perturbed that we were late.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 perturbed | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 perturbed | aux:pass |
| 3 | perturbed | perturb | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 late | mark |
| 5 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 late | nsubj |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 late | cop |
| 7 | late | late | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 perturbed | advcl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 perturbed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | perturb | past · passive | Mum | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is | past | we | late property | tree rules |
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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