sufferer
Who acts: sufferer, person, sufferers, He · What happens: be, feel, cry out, give · To what, where: person, pain, sufferer, bad cold, sufferers
«sufferer» 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: sufferer in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A sufferer is a person who feels pain, trouble or harm, often for a long time.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 sufferer | det |
| 2 | sufferer | sufferer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 person | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 feels | nsubj |
| 7 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | acl:relcl |
| 8 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 feels | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 trouble | punct |
| 10 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pain | conj |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 harm | cc |
| 12 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pain | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 often | punct |
| 14 | often | often | ADV | _ | 7 feels | advmod |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 time | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 time | det |
| 17 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 time | amod |
| 18 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 feels | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a sufferer | a person | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | feel | present | a person | pain and trouble or harm | time | often property | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme |
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 sufferers cried out in pain.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sufferers | det |
| 2 | sufferers | sufferer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cried | nsubj |
| 3 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 cried | compound:prt |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 pain | case |
| 6 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cried | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 cried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry out speech: express | past | the sufferers | pain | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pain=Location |
Example 2
He was a sufferer from a bad cold.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sufferer | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 sufferer | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 sufferer | det |
| 4 | sufferer | sufferer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 cold | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 cold | det |
| 7 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 cold | amod |
| 8 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sufferer | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 sufferer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | He | a sufferer | a bad cold | tree rules |
Example 3
The sufferers were given food and water.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sufferers | det |
| 2 | sufferers | sufferer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 given | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 given | aux:pass |
| 4 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 given | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 water | cc |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 food | conj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past · passive | the sufferers | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient food=Theme |
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