thwarted

Who acts: someone, they, their, King, Kokai, Her · What happens: be, get, want, carry out, plan, thwart · To what, where: plan, wish, revolt, thwarted desire, hate

«thwarted» 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: thwarted in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To thwart someone is to stop them from getting what they want or from carrying out their plan.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 thwart	mark
2	thwart	thwart	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stop	vocative
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 stop	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 stop	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 stop	mark
6	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stop	obj
8	from	from	SCONJ	_	9 getting	mark
9	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 stop	advcl
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 want	obj
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 want	nsubj
12	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 getting	ccomp
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 carrying	cc
14	from	from	SCONJ	_	15 carrying	mark
15	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 getting	conj
16	out	out	ADP	_	15 carrying	compound:prt
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 plan	nmod:poss
18	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 carrying	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	someone		thwart vocative; stop property	tree rules
2	get	gerund	someone not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	want	present	they			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme
4	carry out	gerund	someone not said here	their plan		vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Eventuality
5	plan		their = they			nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

Thwarted describes a wish or plan that has been stopped.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thwarted	thwart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 describes	mark
2	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 wish	det
4	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 describes	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 plan	cc
6	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wish	conj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 stopped	nsubj
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 stopped	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 stopped	aux:pass
10	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 plan	acl:relcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	thwart	participle		tree rules
2	describe	present	a wish or plan	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent wish=Theme
3	stop	present · perfect · passive	plan	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

Example 1

The King was terribly angry at being thwarted like this.

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	5 angry	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 angry	cop
4	terribly	terribly	ADV	_	5 angry	advmod
5	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	at	at	SCONJ	_	8 thwarted	mark
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 thwarted	aux:pass
8	thwarted	thwart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 angry	advcl
9	like	like	ADP	_	10 this	case
10	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 thwarted	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 angry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the King					angry, terribly property	tree rules
2	thwart	gerund · passive	the King not said here					like this	tree rules

Example 2

Kokai was so angry at being thwarted that he raised a revolt.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kokai	Kokai	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 angry	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 angry	cop
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 angry	advmod
4	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	at	at	SCONJ	_	7 thwarted	mark
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 thwarted	aux:pass
7	thwarted	thwart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 angry	advcl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 raised	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 raised	nsubj
10	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 thwarted	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 revolt	det
12	revolt	revolt	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 raised	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 angry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	Kokai		angry property	tree rules
2	thwart	gerund · passive	Kokai not said here			tree rules
3	raise	past	Kokai	a revolt		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent revolt=Theme

Example 3

Her thwarted desire turned into hate.

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	3 desire	nmod:poss
2	thwarted	thwart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 desire	amod
3	desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 desire	acl
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 hate	case
6	hate	hate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turned	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 desire	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	thwart	participle				tree rules
2	turn	participle		Her thwarted desire not said here	hate	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into hate=Trajectory
3	desire		Her = she			nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

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