fascination

Who acts: powerful pull, Menelaus, royal palace, Odysseus, Circe, he · What happens: hold, seem, bewitch, seek, be, retain · To what, where: attention, someone, Helen, royal palace, former beauty, warnings

«fascination» in the Early Modern English 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: fascination in the Early Modern English dictionary.

Meaning 1

a powerful pull that holds the attention or seems to bewitch someone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pull	det
2	powerful	powerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pull	amod
3	pull	pull	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 holds	nsubj
5	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pull	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 attention	det
7	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 holds	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 seems	cc
9	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 holds	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 bewitch	mark
11	bewitch	bewitch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 seems	xcomp
12	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 bewitch	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 pull	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hold	present	a powerful pull	the attention	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Theme
2	seem	present	a powerful pull not said here		vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
3	bewitch	to-infinitive	a powerful pull not said here	someone	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer

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

Menelaus now sought Helen in the royal palace, who, being immortal, still retained all her former beauty and fascination.

From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Menelaus	Menelaus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sought	nsubj
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 sought	advmod
3	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Helen	Helen	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sought	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 palace	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 palace	det
7	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 palace	amod
8	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sought	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 immortal	punct
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 immortal	nsubj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 immortal	punct
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 immortal	cop
13	immortal	immortal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 palace	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 retained	punct
15	still	still	ADV	_	16 retained	advmod
16	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sought	conj
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 beauty	det:predet
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 beauty	nmod:poss
19	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 beauty	amod
20	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 retained	obj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 fascination	cc
22	fascination	fascination	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 beauty	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	past	Menelaus	Helen	the royal palace	now		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent helen=Theme in palace=Location
2	is	gerund	the royal palace				immortal property	tree rules
3	retain	participle	Menelaus not said here	Menelaus's former beauty and fascination		still		tree rules

Example 2

But all warnings and past experience were forgotten by Odysseus when Circe commenced to exercise upon him her fascinations and blandishments.

From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	8 forgotten	cc
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 warnings	det
3	warnings	warning	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 forgotten	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 experience	cc
5	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 experience	amod
6	experience	experience	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 warnings	conj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 forgotten	aux:pass
8	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 Odysseus	case
10	Odysseus	Odysseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 forgotten	obl
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 commenced	advmod
12	Circe	Circe	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 commenced	nsubj
13	commenced	commence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 forgotten	advcl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 exercise	mark
15	exercise	exercise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 commenced	xcomp
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 him	case
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 exercise	obl
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 fascinations	nmod:poss
19	fascinations	fascination	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 exercise	obj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 blandishments	cc
21	blandishments	blandishment	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 fascinations	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 forgotten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	forget	past · passive	Odysseus	all warnings and past experience		tree rules
2	commence	past	Circe			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	exercise	to-infinitive	Circe not said here	Odysseus's fascinations and blandishments	upon Circe	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fascination=Patient
4	fascinate		Odysseus			nom fascination «state transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

And, besides, he felt the fascination of Ludovine’s eyes, which looked at him as a snake looks at a little bird.

From The Green Fairy Book.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	6 felt	cc
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 felt	punct
3	besides	besides	INTJ	_	6 felt	discourse
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 besides	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 felt	nsubj
6	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fascination	det
8	fascination	fascination	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 felt	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 eyes	case
10	Ludovine	Ludovine	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 eyes	nmod:poss
11	’s	's	PART	_	10 Ludovine	case
12	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 fascination	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 looked	punct
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 looked	nsubj
15	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 fascination	parataxis
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 him	case
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 looked	obl
18	as	as	SCONJ	_	21 looks	mark
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 snake	det
20	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 looks	nsubj
21	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 looked	advcl
22	at	at	ADP	_	25 bird	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 bird	det
24	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 bird	amod
25	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 looks	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	feel	past	he	the fascination of Ludovine's eyes		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fascination=Theme
2	look	past	the fascination of Ludovine's eyes		at Ludovine	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme
3	look	present	a snake		at a little bird	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at bird=Theme
4	fascinate			Ludovine's eyes		nom fascination «state transitive»: of=patient

Text: the Early Modern English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova; its examples quote public-domain texts. 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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