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title: plight — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «plight» in the school dictionary: A plight is a bad or difficult situation that is hard to get out of. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# plight

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**Who acts:** plight, bad situation, He, his · **What happens:** be, get out, see, not be, swallow, increase · **To what, where:** bad situation, evil plight, bride, dismal plight, miserable plight · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A plight is a bad or difficult situation that is hard to get out of.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:plight:m1:1
# text = A plight is a bad or difficult situation that is hard to get out of.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plight	plight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	difficult	difficult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	situation	situation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	IN	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a plight | a bad situation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | a bad situation |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **get out** | to-infinitive | a bad situation *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: 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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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He saw that he was in an evil plight again.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:plight:x1:1
# text = He saw that he was in an evil plight again.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	plight	plight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | He |  |  |  | again |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | past | he |  |  | a evil plight |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Never was a bride seen in such a dismal plight.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:plight:x2:1
# text = Never was a bride seen in such a dismal plight.
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	10	det:predet	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	dismal	dismal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	plight	plight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | past |  | a bride |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | participle |  | a bride *not said here* |  | such dismal plight |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The swallowing of sea-water only increased his miserable plight.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:plight:x3:1
# text = The swallowing of sea-water only increased his miserable plight.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	swallowing	swallow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	increased	increase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	miserable	miserable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	plight	plight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of sea water | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **increase** | past |  | his miserable plight |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer plight=Patient |
| 3 | **plight** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom plight «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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