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title: adrift — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «adrift» in the school dictionary: Floating loose on water without being tied up or steered. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# adrift

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**Who acts:** Floating, one, boat, land, He · **What happens:** float, tie up, steer, lose, not know, be · **To what, where:** water, rope, adrift, him, sea · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«adrift» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [adrift in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/adrift.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Floating loose on water without being tied up or steered.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:adrift:m1:1
# text = Floating loose on water without being tied up or steered.
1	Floating	float	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	csubj:pass	_	_
2	loose	loose	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	steered	steer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | gerund |  |  |  | water |  | loose *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on water=Trajectory |
| 2 | **tie up** | gerund · passive | Floating |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle» |
| 3 | **steer** | participle | Floating *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lost, with no clear course, direction or purpose; not knowing where one is.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:adrift:m2:1
# text = Lost, with no clear course, direction or purpose; not knowing where one is.
1	Lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
5	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	knowing	know	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
14	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	16	advmod	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with no clear course | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **know** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **be** | present | one |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The boat broke its rope and drifted adrift.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:adrift:x1:1
# text = The boat broke its rope and drifted adrift.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	drifted	drift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	adrift	adrift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past | the boat | boat's rope |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rope=Patient |
| 2 | **drift** | past | the boat *not said here* | adrift |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adrift=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The land cast him adrift.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:adrift:x2:1
# text = The land cast him adrift.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cast	cast	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	adrift	adrift	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cast** | past | the land | him *= he* |  |  |  | adrift *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He was adrift far out at sea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:adrift:x3:1
# text = He was adrift far out at sea.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	adrift	adrift	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  | sea |  | adrift, out *property* | tree rules |

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**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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