shamefaced

Who acts: She, boys, they · What happens: shamefac, mean, feel, show, stand, reply · To what, where: it, boys, game, they

«shamefaced» 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: shamefaced in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Shamefaced means feeling ashamed and embarrassed, and showing it in the face or manner.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shamefaced	shamefac	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	feeling	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	ashamed	ashamed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 feeling	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 embarrassed	cc
6	embarrassed	embarrassed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ashamed	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 showing	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 showing	cc
9	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 feeling	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 showing	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 face	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 face	det
13	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 showing	obl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 manner	cc
15	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 face	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	shamefac	participle			tree rules
2	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	feel not said to happen	gerund		ashamed property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
4	show	gerund	it	in the face or manner	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Patient in face=Topic

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 stood shamefaced, unable to reply.

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 stood	nsubj
2	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	shamefaced	shamefac	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 stood	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 unable	punct
5	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stood	advcl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 reply	mark
7	reply	reply	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 unable	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	stand	past	She	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	shamefac	participle	She not said here	tree rules
3	reply speech: assert	to-infinitive	She not said here	vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The boys were shamefaced after they lost the game.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boys	det
2	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shamefaced	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shamefaced	aux:pass
4	shamefaced	shamefac	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	7 lost	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 lost	nsubj
7	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shamefaced	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 game	det
9	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lost	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 shamefaced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shamefac	past · passive		the boys					tree rules
2	lose	past	boys = boy	the game					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality

Example 3

When they came back they were so shamefaced they hardly dared look up.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 came	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 shamefaced	advcl
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 came	advmod
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 shamefaced	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 shamefaced	aux:pass
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 shamefaced	advmod
8	shamefaced	shamefac	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 dared	nsubj
10	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	11 dared	advmod
11	dared	dare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 shamefaced	ccomp
12	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 dared	xcomp
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 look	compound:prt
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 shamefaced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	come back	past	they			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	shamefac	past · passive		they		tree rules
3	dare	past	they		hardly property	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	look up	infinitive	they not said here			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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