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title: desolation — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «desolation» in the school dictionary: Desolation is a state of being empty, ruined and bare, with nothing living. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# desolation

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**Who acts:** Desolation, flood, We, Her · **What happens:** be, ruin, leave, walk, desolate, grow · **To what, where:** state, great sadness, desolation, burnt village

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Desolation is a state of being empty, ruined and bare, with nothing living.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:desolation:m1:1
# text = Desolation is a state of being empty, ruined and bare, with nothing living.
1	Desolation	desolation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	aux	_	_
7	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	ruined	ruin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	15	compound	_	_
15	living	living	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Desolation | a state |  |  |  | of empty | tree rules |
| 2 | **ruin** | participle |  | a state *not said here* |  |  |  | with nothing living | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with living=Instrument |

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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}

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Desolation is great sadness and loneliness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:desolation:m2:1
# text = Desolation is great sadness and loneliness.
1	Desolation	desolation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sadness	sadness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	loneliness	loneliness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Desolation | great sadness and loneliness |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The flood left only desolation behind.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:desolation:x1:1
# text = The flood left only desolation behind.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	desolation	desolation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | participle | the flood *not said here* | desolation |  |  |  | behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desolation=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We walked through the desolation of the burnt village.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:desolation:x2:1
# text = We walked through the desolation of the burnt village.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	desolation	desolation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	burnt	burnt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | We |  |  | the desolation of the burnt village |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through desolation=Trajectory |
| 2 | **desolate** |  |  | the burnt village |  |  |  |  | nom desolation «state transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Her desolation grew each day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:desolation:x3:1
# text = Her desolation grew each day.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	desolation	desolation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | Her desolation |  |  |  | day |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **desolate** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom desolation «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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