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title: forlorn — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «forlorn» in the school dictionary: Sad, lonely and uncared for, often left alone. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# forlorn

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**Who acts:** forlorn puppy, shipwrecked sailor, children · **What happens:** leave, wait, feel, wander · **To what, where:** gate

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Sad, lonely and uncared for, often left alone.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:forlorn:m1:1
# text = Sad, lonely and uncared for, often left alone.
1	Sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	lonely	lonely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	uncared	uncared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	often	often	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
10	alone	alone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | alone, often *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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Hopeless, in a poor or wretched state.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:forlorn:m2:1
# text = Hopeless, in a poor or wretched state.
1	Hopeless	hopeless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wretched	wretched	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The forlorn puppy waited at the gate.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:forlorn:x1:1
# text = The forlorn puppy waited at the gate.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	forlorn	forlorn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past | the forlorn puppy |  |  | the gate |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at gate=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The shipwrecked sailor felt forlorn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:forlorn:x2:1
# text = The shipwrecked sailor felt forlorn.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	shipwrecked	shipwrecked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	forlorn	forlorn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | the shipwrecked sailor |  |  |  |  | forlorn *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Forlorn and hungry, the children wandered on.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:forlorn:x3:1
# text = Forlorn and hungry, the children wandered on.
1	Forlorn	forlorn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wandered	wander	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wander** | past | the children |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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