wistfulness Who acts: gentle sad feeling, you, wistfulness, Mole, Alice, He · What happens: long, miss, not have, be, talk, feel · To what, where: wistfulness, boats, Grandma
«wistfulness» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: wistfulness in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A gentle, sad feeling of longing for something you miss or cannot have.
The tree, 14 words det amod punct amod mark acl case obl nsubj acl:relcl cc aux advmod conj punct root A DET gentle ADJ , PUNCT sad ADJ feeling NOUN of SCONJ longing VERB for ADP something PRON you PRON miss VERB or CCONJ can AUX not PART have VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 feeling det 2 gentle gentle ADJ Degree=Pos 5 feeling amod 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 gentle punct 4 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos 5 feeling amod 5 feeling feeling NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of SCONJ _ 7 longing mark 7 longing long VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 feeling acl 8 for for ADP _ 9 something case 9 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 7 longing obl 10 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 11 miss nsubj 11 miss miss VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 something acl:relcl 12 or or CCONJ _ 15 have cc 13 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 15 have aux 14 not not PART Polarity=Neg 15 have advmod 15 have have VERB VerbForm=Inf 11 miss conj 16 . . PUNCT _ 5 feeling punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 long gerund a gentle sad feeling not said here for something vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for something=Theme 2 miss present you vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer 3 not have can you not said here vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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.
Example 1 There was wistfulness in her voice as she talked about her old school.
expl nsubj case nmod:poss nmod mark nsubj advcl case nmod:poss amod obl punct root There PRON was VERB wistfulness NOUN in ADP her PRON voice NOUN as SCONJ she PRON talked VERB about ADP her PRON old ADJ school NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 was expl 2 was be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 wistfulness wistfulness NOUN Number=Sing 2 was nsubj 4 in in ADP _ 6 voice case 5 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 voice nmod:poss 6 voice voice NOUN Number=Sing 3 wistfulness nmod 7 as as SCONJ _ 9 talked mark 8 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 talked nsubj 9 talked talk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 was advcl 10 about about ADP _ 13 school case 11 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 school nmod:poss 12 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 13 school amod 13 school school NOUN Number=Sing 9 talked obl 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 was punct
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1 be past wistfulness in wistfulness's voice there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 talk past wistfulness about wistfulness's old school vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about school=Topic
Example 2 Mole felt wistfulness for his little home.
nsubj obj case nmod:poss amod obl punct root Mole PROPN felt VERB wistfulness NOUN for ADP his PRON little ADJ home NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mole Mole PROPN Number=Sing 2 felt nsubj 2 felt feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 wistfulness wistfulness NOUN Number=Sing 2 felt obj 4 for for ADP _ 7 home case 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 home nmod:poss 6 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 7 home amod 7 home home NOUN Number=Sing 2 felt obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 felt punct
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1 feel past Mole wistfulness for Mole's little home vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent wistfulness=Location for home=Theme
Example 3 Alice looked with wistfulness at the garden.
nsubj case obl case det obl punct root Alice PROPN looked VERB with ADP wistfulness NOUN at ADP the DET garden NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Alice Alice PROPN Number=Sing 2 looked nsubj 2 looked look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 with with ADP _ 4 wistfulness case 4 wistfulness wistfulness NOUN Number=Sing 2 looked obl 5 at at ADP _ 7 garden case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 garden det 7 garden garden NOUN Number=Sing 2 looked obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 looked punct
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1 look past Alice with wistfulness; at the garden vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at garden=Theme
Example 4 He watched the boats with wistfulness.
nsubj det obj case nmod punct root He PRON watched VERB the DET boats NOUN with ADP wistfulness NOUN . PUNCT 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 2 watched nsubj 2 watched watch VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 boats det 4 boats boat NOUN Number=Plur 2 watched obj 5 with with ADP _ 6 wistfulness case 6 wistfulness wistfulness NOUN Number=Sing 4 boats nmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 watched punct
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1 watch past He the boats with wistfulness vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme
Example 5 A wistfulness came over Grandma as she looked at the photos.
det nsubj advmod obl mark nsubj advcl case det obl punct root A DET wistfulness NOUN came VERB over ADV Grandma PROPN as SCONJ she PRON looked VERB at ADP the DET photos NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 wistfulness det 2 wistfulness wistfulness NOUN Number=Sing 3 came nsubj 3 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 over over ADV _ 5 Grandma advmod 5 Grandma Grandma PROPN Number=Sing 3 came obl 6 as as SCONJ _ 8 looked mark 7 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 looked nsubj 8 looked look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 came advcl 9 at at ADP _ 11 photos case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 photos det 11 photos photo NOUN Number=Plur 8 looked obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 came punct
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1 come over past a wistfulness Grandma vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 look past wistfulness at the photos vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at photo=Theme
Example 6 The song was full of wistfulness.
det nsubj cop case obl punct root The DET song NOUN was AUX full ADJ of ADP wistfulness NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 song det 2 song song NOUN Number=Sing 4 full nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 full cop 4 full full ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 of of ADP _ 6 wistfulness case 6 wistfulness wistfulness NOUN Number=Sing 4 full obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 full punct
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1 is past the song of wistfulness; full property tree rules
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