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piteous

Who acts: Piteous, it, people, They, piteous sobs, His · What happens: mean, make, feel, find, hear, fill · To what, where: people, pity, Old use, older stories, loud piteous cry, room

«piteous» 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: piteous in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Piteous means so sad or weak that it makes people feel pity. Old use, found in older stories.

Sentence 1: Piteous means so sad or weak that it makes people feel pity.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Piteous	piteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 sad	advmod
4	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 weak	cc
6	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sad	conj
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 makes	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 makes	nsubj
9	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 weak	advcl
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 makes	obj
11	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 makes	xcomp
12	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 feel	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Piteous					sad property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	make	present	it	people					tree rules
3	feel	infinitive	people not said here	pity					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pity=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: Old use, found in older stories.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 use	amod
2	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 found	punct
4	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 use	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 stories	case
6	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 stories	amod
7	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 found	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	participle		Old use not said here		older stories			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Example 1

They heard a loud, piteous cry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cry	det
4	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cry	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 loud	punct
6	piteous	piteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cry	amod
7	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	They	a loud piteous cry					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cry=Stimulus

Example 2

His piteous sobs filled the room.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 sobs	nmod:poss
2	piteous	piteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sobs	amod
3	sobs	sob	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 filled	nsubj
4	filled	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 room	det
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 filled	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 filled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	past	His piteous sobs	the room					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent room=Patient
2	sob		His = he						nom sob «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

Her piteous face made everyone feel sorry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 face	nmod:poss
2	piteous	piteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 face	amod
3	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 made	obj
6	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 made	xcomp
7	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 feel	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle	Her piteous face	everyone					tree rules
2	feel	infinitive	everyone not said here					sorry 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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