sympathise

Who acts: someone, they, I, friend, We, family · What happens: sympathise, be, feel, lose, sympathis · To what, where: side, home · Speech: someone speaks here

«sympathise» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: sympathise in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To sympathise is to feel sorry for someone who is in trouble or sad.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 sympathise	mark
2	sympathise	sympathise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 feel	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 feel	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 feel	mark
5	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feel	xcomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	12 trouble	case
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 trouble	nsubj
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 trouble	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 trouble	cop
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 trouble	case
12	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sorry	obl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 sad	cc
14	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 trouble	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	sympathise	to-infinitive			tree rules
2	is	present		feel, sorry property	tree rules
3	is	present	someone	for trouble	tree rules
4	be		someone not said here		tree rules

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.

Meaning 2

To sympathise with someone is to understand how they feel and be on their side.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 sympathise	mark
2	sympathise	sympathise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 understand	advcl
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 someone	case
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 sympathise	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 understand	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 understand	mark
7	understand	understand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	10 feel	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 feel	nsubj
10	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 understand	ccomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 side	cc
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 side	cop
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 side	case
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 side	nmod:poss
15	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feel	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 understand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	sympathise	to-infinitive			with someone	tree rules
2	is	present			understand property	tree rules
3	feel	present	they			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
4	is	infinitive	they not said here	their side		tree rules

Example 1

I sympathise with you about the lost dog.

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	2 sympathise	nsubj
2	sympathise	sympathise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 you	case
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 sympathise	obl
5	about	about	ADP	_	8 dog	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dog	det
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 dog	amod
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sympathise	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sympathise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sympathise	present	I					with you; about the lost dog	tree rules
2	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The friend sympathised very much with him.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sympathised	nsubj
3	sympathised	sympathis	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 much	advmod
5	much	much	ADV	_	3 sympathised	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sympathised	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sympathised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sympathis	past	the friend					with him = he	tree rules

Example 3

We sympathise with the family who lost their home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 sympathise	nsubj
2	sympathise	sympathise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 family	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 family	det
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sympathise	obl
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 lost	nsubj
7	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 family	acl:relcl
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 home	nmod:poss
9	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lost	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sympathise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sympathise	present	We					with the family	tree rules
2	lose	past	the family	their home					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Eventuality

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