wretch

Who acts: wretch, poor wretch · What happens: be, use, pity, kill, have · To what, where: bad person, poor unhappy person, You, food

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

Meaning 1

A wretch is a bad or mean person, used as an insult or in anger.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wretch	det
2	wretch	wretch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
5	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 person	amod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 mean	cc
7	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bad	conj
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 used	punct
10	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 person	acl
11	as	as	ADP	_	13 insult	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 insult	det
13	insult	insult	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 used	obl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 anger	cc
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 anger	case
16	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 insult	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a wretch	a bad person					tree rules
2	use	participle		a bad person not said here				as a insult or anger	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: 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.

Meaning 2

A wretch can also be a poor, unhappy person who is to be pitied.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wretch	det
2	wretch	wretch	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 person	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 person	aux
4	also	also	ADV	_	10 person	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 person	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 person	det
7	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 person	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 poor	punct
9	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 person	amod
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 pitied	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 pitied	aux
13	to	to	PART	_	15 pitied	mark
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 pitied	aux:pass
15	pitied	pity	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 person	acl:relcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can	a wretch	a poor unhappy person					tree rules
2	pity	present · passive		a poor unhappy person					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Example 1

"Wretch! You have killed my wife!"

Sentence 1: "Wretch!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Wretch	punct
2	Wretch	wretch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Wretch	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: You have killed my wife!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 killed	nsubj:pass
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 killed	aux
3	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 wife	nmod:poss
5	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 killed	obj
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 killed	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 killed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	present · perfect · passive		You					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer wife=Result

Example 2

"Ah, wretch of a human being!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 wretch	punct
2	Ah	ah	INTJ	_	4 wretch	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Ah	punct
4	wretch	wretch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 human	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 human	det
7	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wretch	acl
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 human	advcl
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 wretch	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 wretch	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 3

The poor wretch had no food or shelter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wretch	det
2	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wretch	amod
3	wretch	wretch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 food	det
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 shelter	cc
8	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 food	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the poor wretch	no food or shelter					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient

Example 4

Nothing for maths.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 maths	case
3	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Nothing	nmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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