predicament

Who acts: predicament, difficult situation, fox, hounds, river, We · What happens: be, get out, come, get, lose, think · To what, where: difficult situation, predicament, map, way

«predicament» 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: predicament in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A predicament is a difficult or awkward situation that is hard to get out of.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 predicament	det
2	predicament	predicament	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 situation	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 situation	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 situation	det
5	difficult	difficult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 situation	amod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 awkward	cc
7	awkward	awkward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 difficult	conj
8	situation	situation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 hard	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 hard	cop
11	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 situation	acl:relcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 get	mark
13	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 hard	xcomp
14	out	out	ADP	_	13 get	advmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	14 out	fixed
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 situation	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a predicament	a difficult situation		tree rules
2	is	present	a difficult situation		hard property	tree rules
3	get out	to-infinitive	a difficult situation not said here			vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 fox was in a predicament: the hounds were coming and the river was too deep.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 predicament	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 predicament	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 predicament	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 predicament	det
6	predicament	predicament	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 coming	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hounds	det
9	hounds	hound	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 coming	nsubj
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 coming	aux
11	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 predicament	appos
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 deep	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 river	det
14	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 deep	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 deep	cop
16	too	too	ADV	_	17 deep	advmod
17	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 coming	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 predicament	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	the fox	a predicament		tree rules
2	come	past · progressive	the hounds			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	past	the river		deep property	tree rules

Example 2

We got into a predicament when we lost the map.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 predicament	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 predicament	det
5	predicament	predicament	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obl
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 lost	mark
7	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 lost	nsubj
8	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 map	det
10	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lost	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	We			a predicament			vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into predicament=Destination
2	lose	past	we	the map					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent map=Eventuality

Example 3

Think hard and you will find a way out of this predicament.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Think	think	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Think	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 find	cc
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 find	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 find	aux
6	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Think	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 way	det
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 find	obj
9	out	out	ADP	_	12 predicament	case
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 predicament	case
11	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 predicament	det
12	predicament	predicament	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 find	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	imperative	you not said here					hard property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	find	future	you	a way		this predicament			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic

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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