powerless Who acts: people, radio, He, Toad, She, women · What happens: do, help, act, feel, be, stop · To what, where: something, flood, dungeon, them
«powerless» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: powerless in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Without the power or strength to do something.
case det cc conj mark acl obj punct root Without ADP the DET power NOUN or CCONJ strength NOUN to PART do VERB something PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Without without ADP _ 3 power case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 power det 3 power power NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 strength cc 5 strength strength NOUN Number=Sing 3 power conj 6 to to PART _ 7 do mark 7 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 strength acl 8 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 7 do obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 power punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do to-infinitive something vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
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.
Meaning 2 Unable to help or act.
mark xcomp cc conj punct root Unable ADJ to PART help VERB or CCONJ act VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Unable unable ADJ Degree=Pos root root 2 to to PART _ 3 help mark 3 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Unable xcomp 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 act cc 5 act act VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 help conj 6 . . PUNCT _ 1 Unable punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 help to-infinitive vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent 2 act infinitive vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1 The people felt powerless against the king.
det nsubj xcomp case det obl punct root The DET people NOUN felt VERB powerless ADJ against ADP the DET king NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 people det 2 people people NOUN Number=Plur 3 felt nsubj 3 felt feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 powerless powerless ADJ Degree=Pos 3 felt xcomp 5 against against ADP _ 7 king case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 king det 7 king king NOUN Number=Sing 3 felt obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 felt punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 feel past the people against the king; powerless property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Example 2 The radio was powerless without batteries.
det nsubj cop case obl punct root The DET radio NOUN was AUX powerless ADJ without ADP batteries NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 radio det 2 radio radio NOUN Number=Sing 4 powerless nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 powerless cop 4 powerless powerless ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 without without ADP _ 6 batteries case 6 batteries battery NOUN Number=Plur 4 powerless obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 powerless punct
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1 is past the radio without batteries; powerless property tree rules
Example 3 He was powerless to stop the flood.
nsubj cop mark csubj det obj punct root He PRON was AUX powerless ADJ to PART stop VERB the DET flood NOUN . PUNCT 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 3 powerless nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 powerless cop 3 powerless powerless ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to PART _ 5 stop mark 5 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 powerless csubj 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 flood det 7 flood flood NOUN Number=Sing 5 stop obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 powerless punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past He powerless property tree rules 2 stop to-infinitive the flood vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality flood=Eventuality
Example 4 Toad was powerless in the dungeon.
nsubj cop case det obl punct root Toad PROPN was AUX powerless ADJ in ADP the DET dungeon NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Toad Toad PROPN Number=Sing 3 powerless nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 powerless cop 3 powerless powerless ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 in in ADP _ 6 dungeon case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 dungeon det 6 dungeon dungeon NOUN Number=Sing 3 powerless obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 powerless punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past Toad the dungeon powerless property tree rules
Example 5 She felt powerless to help.
nsubj xcomp mark xcomp punct root She PRON felt VERB powerless ADJ to PART help VERB . PUNCT 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 2 felt nsubj 2 felt feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 powerless powerless ADJ Degree=Pos 2 felt xcomp 4 to to PART _ 5 help mark 5 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 powerless xcomp 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 felt punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 feel past She powerless property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus 2 help to-infinitive She not said here vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
Example 6 Without votes, women were powerless.
case obl punct nsubj cop punct root Without ADP votes NOUN , PUNCT women NOUN were AUX powerless ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Without without ADP _ 2 votes case 2 votes vote NOUN Number=Plur 6 powerless obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 votes punct 4 women woman NOUN Number=Plur 6 powerless nsubj 5 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 powerless cop 6 powerless powerless ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 powerless punct
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1 is past women without votes; powerless property tree rules
Example 7 I am powerless to save them.
nsubj cop mark xcomp obj punct root I PRON am AUX powerless ADJ to PART save VERB them PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 powerless nsubj 2 am be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 powerless cop 3 powerless powerless ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to PART _ 5 save mark 5 save save VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 powerless xcomp 6 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 save obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 powerless punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present I powerless property tree rules 2 save to-infinitive I not said here them = they vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
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