wretchedness
Who acts: Wretchedness, She, He · What happens: be, feel, lose, live, make · To what, where: great misery, wretchedness, everyone
«wretchedness» 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: wretchedness in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Wretchedness is great misery, sadness or unhappiness.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wretchedness | wretchedness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 misery | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 misery | cop |
| 3 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 misery | amod |
| 4 | misery | misery | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 sadness | punct |
| 6 | sadness | sadness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 misery | conj |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 unhappiness | cc |
| 8 | unhappiness | unhappiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 misery | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 misery | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Wretchedness | great misery and sadness or unhappiness | tree rules |
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
She felt the wretchedness of being lost.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 felt | nsubj |
| 2 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 wretchedness | det |
| 4 | wretchedness | wretchedness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 felt | obj |
| 5 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 7 lost | mark |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 lost | aux:pass |
| 7 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 wretchedness | acl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 felt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past | She | the wretchedness | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wretchedness=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lose | gerund · passive | the wretchedness not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V» |
Example 2
He lived in wretchedness for years.
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 lived | nsubj |
| 2 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 wretchedness | case |
| 4 | wretchedness | wretchedness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lived | obl |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 years | case |
| 6 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 lived | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 lived | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | He | wretchedness | year | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wretchedness=Location |
Example 3
The wretchedness of the poor family made everyone sad.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wretchedness | det |
| 2 | wretchedness | wretchedness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 made | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 family | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 family | det |
| 5 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 family | amod |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wretchedness | nmod |
| 7 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 made | obj |
| 9 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 made | xcomp |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the wretchedness of the poor family | everyone | sad property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset everyone=Product |
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.
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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