unfortunately

Who acts: something, it, I, We · What happens: use, say, be, not turn out, start, leave · To what, where: rain, lunch, home, pool, cake · Speech: someone speaks here

«unfortunately» 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: unfortunately in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Used to say that something is sad, bad or unlucky, or that it did not turn out well: «Unfortunately, it started to rain.».

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 say	mark
3	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Used	xcomp
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 sad	mark
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 sad	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sad	cop
7	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 say	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bad	punct
9	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sad	conj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 unlucky	cc
11	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sad	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 turn	punct
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 turn	cc
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 turn	mark
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 turn	nsubj
16	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 turn	aux
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 turn	advmod
18	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 say	conj
19	out	out	ADP	_	18 turn	compound:prt
20	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	18 turn	advmod
21	:	:	PUNCT	_	26 started	punct
22	«	«	PUNCT	_	26 started	punct
23	Unfortunately	unfortunately	ADV	_	26 started	advmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 Unfortunately	punct
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 started	nsubj
26	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Used	parataxis
27	to	to	PART	_	28 rain	mark
28	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 started	obj
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	28 rain	punct
30	»	»	PUNCT	_	26 started	punct
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	participle				vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	something		sad property	tree rules
4	be		something not said here			tree rules
5	be		something not said here			tree rules
6	not turn out	past · do-support	it		well property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	start in a quote	past	it	rain	unfortunately property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rain=Eventuality

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

Unfortunately, I left my lunch at home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unfortunately	unfortunately	ADV	_	4 left	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Unfortunately	punct
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 left	nsubj
4	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 lunch	nmod:poss
6	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 home	case
8	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 left	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	I	my lunch		home		unfortunately property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lunch=Theme at home=Location

Example 2

We wanted to go swimming, but unfortunately the pool was closed.

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 go	mark
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	swimming	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 go	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 closed	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 closed	cc
8	unfortunately	unfortunately	ADV	_	12 closed	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pool	det
10	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 closed	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 closed	aux:pass
12	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wanted	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	past	We			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	go not said to happen	to-infinitive	We not said here			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	swim	gerund	We not said here			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	close	past · passive		the pool	unfortunately property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Example 3

Unfortunately the cake burned while we were playing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unfortunately	unfortunately	ADV	_	4 burned	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cake	det
3	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burned	nsubj:pass
4	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 playing	mark
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 playing	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 playing	aux
8	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 burned	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 burned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	participle · passive		the cake				unfortunately property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
2	play	past · progressive	we						vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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