sorely
Who acts: it, feet · What happens: mean, hurt, matter, tempt, puzzle, eat · To what, where: lot, captain, I, last biscuit
«sorely» 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: sorely in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Sorely means very much or greatly, so that it hurts or matters a lot: sorely tempted, sorely puzzled.
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sorely | sorely | ADV | _ | 2 means | advmod |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 much | advmod |
| 4 | much | much | ADV | _ | 2 means | obj |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 greatly | cc |
| 6 | greatly | greatly | ADV | _ | 4 much | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hurts | punct |
| 8 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 11 hurts | mark |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 so | fixed |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 hurts | nsubj |
| 11 | hurts | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 means | parataxis |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 matters | cc |
| 13 | matters | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 hurts | conj |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 lot | det |
| 15 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 matters | obl |
| 16 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 18 tempted | punct |
| 17 | sorely | sorely | ADV | _ | 18 tempted | advmod |
| 18 | tempted | tempt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | parataxis |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 puzzled | punct |
| 20 | sorely | sorely | ADV | _ | 21 puzzled | advmod |
| 21 | puzzled | puzzle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 tempted | conj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | sorely property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Topic | |||||
| 2 | hurt | present | it | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | matter | present | a lot | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | tempt | participle | sorely property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | puzzle | participle | sorely property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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 captain of the guard was sorely puzzled.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 captain | det |
| 2 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 puzzled | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 guard | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 guard | det |
| 5 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 captain | nmod |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 puzzled | aux:pass |
| 7 | sorely | sorely | ADV | _ | 8 puzzled | advmod |
| 8 | puzzled | puzzle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 puzzled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | puzzle | past · passive | the captain of the guard | sorely property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
Example 2
I was sorely tempted to eat the last biscuit.
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 | 4 tempted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 tempted | aux:pass |
| 3 | sorely | sorely | ADV | _ | 4 tempted | advmod |
| 4 | tempted | tempt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 eat | mark |
| 6 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 tempted | xcomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 biscuit | det |
| 8 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 biscuit | amod |
| 9 | biscuit | biscuit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eat | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 tempted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tempt | past · passive | I | sorely property | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | eat | to-infinitive | the last biscuit | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent biscuit=Patient |
Example 3
Her feet were sorely tired after the long walk.
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 | 2 feet | nmod:poss |
| 2 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 tired | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 tired | cop |
| 4 | sorely | sorely | ADV | _ | 5 tired | advmod |
| 5 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 walk | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 walk | det |
| 8 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 walk | amod |
| 9 | walk | walk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tired | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 tired | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Her feet | after the long walk | sorely, tired property | tree rules |
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