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# motherless

«motherless» in Mova's school dictionary: **having no living mother** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Motherless means having no living mother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motherless/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a child with no mother is often treated unkindly or sent to be cared for by others; the word shows pity for the child

### examples

- The motherless child was given to the care of Hermes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motherless/#x1)
- The little motherless girl was often treated unkindly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motherless/#x2)
- Many fairy tales begin with a motherless prince. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motherless/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths; it describes a child, not a number.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «motherless» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motherless/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.