torpid

Who acts: Torpid, dog, flowers, people, snake · What happens: mean, move, lie, be, seem · To what, where: heat

«torpid» 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: torpid in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Torpid means sluggish and inactive, as if asleep or too lazy and slow to move.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Torpid	torpid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sluggish	sluggish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 inactive	cc
5	inactive	inactive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sluggish	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 asleep	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 asleep	mark
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 asleep	mark
9	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	parataxis
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 lazy	cc
11	too	too	ADV	_	12 lazy	advmod
12	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 asleep	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 slow	cc
14	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 asleep	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 move	mark
16	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 slow	xcomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Torpid					sluggish property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	move	to-infinitive	Torpid not said here						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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

After the big lunch, the dog lay torpid by the fire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	4 lunch	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lunch	det
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lunch	amod
4	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lay	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 lunch	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lay	nsubj
8	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	torpid	torpid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lay	xcomp
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 fire	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fire	det
12	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lay	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 lay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	the dog				after the big lunch	by the fire; torpid property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location

Example 2

The flowers were torpid in the heat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 flowers	det
2	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 torpid	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 torpid	cop
4	torpid	torpid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 heat	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 heat	det
7	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 torpid	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 torpid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the flowers			the heat		torpid property	tree rules

Example 3

The people seemed torpid and slow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 people	det
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 seemed	nsubj
3	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	torpid	torpid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 seemed	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 slow	cc
6	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 torpid	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 seemed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	past	the people					torpid property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

Example 4

The snake was torpid in the cold morning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 snake	det
2	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 torpid	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 torpid	cop
4	torpid	torpid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 morning	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 morning	det
7	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 morning	amod
8	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 torpid	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 torpid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the snake				morning	torpid property	tree rules

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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