stupefied
Who acts: you, bees, news, king · What happens: stupefy, mean, daze, not think, act, sight · To what, where: boy, sight, dragon, bees, I, chair
«stupefied» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: stupefied in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Stupefied means so shocked, tired or dazed that you cannot think or act clearly.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stupefied | stupefy | 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 shocked | advmod |
| 4 | shocked | shocked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 tired | punct |
| 6 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 shocked | conj |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 dazed | cc |
| 8 | dazed | daze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 shocked | conj |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 think | mark |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 think | nsubj |
| 11 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 think | aux |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 think | advmod |
| 13 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 dazed | advcl |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 act | cc |
| 15 | act | act | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 think | conj |
| 16 | clearly | clearly | ADV | _ | 15 act | advmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stupefy | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | shocked property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | daze | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 4 | not think speech: other | can | you | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | act | infinitive | you not said here | clearly property | vn act-114-1-1 «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 boy stood stupefied at the sight of the dragon.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stupefied | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stupefied | aux:pass |
| 4 | stupefied | stupefy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 sight | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sight | det |
| 7 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stupefied | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 dragon | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 dragon | det |
| 10 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sight | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 stupefied | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stupefy | past · passive | the boy | the sight of the dragon | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | sight | the dragon | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
Example 2
The bees were stupefied by what they had eaten.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bees | det |
| 2 | bees | bee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stupefied | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stupefied | aux:pass |
| 4 | stupefied | stupefy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 what | case |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 stupefied | obl |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 eaten | nsubj |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 eaten | aux |
| 9 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 what | acl:relcl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 stupefied | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stupefy | past · passive | the bees | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | eat | past · perfect | bees = bee | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
I was stupefied by the news.
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 stupefied | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 stupefied | aux:pass |
| 3 | stupefied | stupefy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 news | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 news | det |
| 6 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stupefied | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 stupefied | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stupefy | past · passive | the news | I | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |
Example 4
The king sat stupefied in his chair.
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 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sat | nsubj |
| 3 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | stupefied | stupefy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 sat | xcomp |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 chair | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 chair | nmod:poss |
| 7 | chair | chair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stupefied | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | past | the king | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | stupefy | participle | the king not said here | king's chair | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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