speechless

Who acts: Speechless, King, I, crowd · What happens: mean, speak, be, see, stand · To what, where: surprise, gift, sight · Speech: someone speaks here

«speechless» 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: speechless in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Speechless means unable to speak, usually from surprise, shock or wonder.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Speechless	speechless	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	to	to	PART	_	5 speak	mark
5	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 unable	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 surprise	punct
7	usually	usually	ADV	_	9 surprise	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 surprise	case
9	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 speak	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 shock	punct
11	shock	shock	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 surprise	appos
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 wonder	cc
13	wonder	wonder	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shock	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Speechless					unable property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	speak speech: other	to-infinitive	Speechless not said here			surprise			vn talk-37.5 «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 King was speechless with surprise.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 speechless	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 speechless	cop
4	speechless	speechless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 surprise	case
6	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speechless	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 speechless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the King					with surprise; speechless property	tree rules

Example 2

I was speechless when I saw the gift.

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 speechless	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 speechless	cop
3	speechless	speechless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 saw	advmod
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 saw	nsubj
6	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 speechless	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gift	det
8	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 saw	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 speechless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	I					speechless property	tree rules
2	see	past	I	the gift					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gift=Stimulus

Example 3

The crowd stood speechless at the sight.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crowd	det
2	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	nsubj
3	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	speechless	speechless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stood	xcomp
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 sight	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sight	det
7	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the crowd			the sight		speechless property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at sight=Location

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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