mazed

Who acts: he, flickering light, greeting, tears, lot, Wise Woman · What happens: bewilder, maze, struggle on, flicker, look, stop · To what, where: fear, cheek, tiddy thing, poor folk, old mill

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

Meaning 1

Confused and bewildered.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Confused	confused	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 bewildered	cc
3	bewildered	bewilder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Confused	conj
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Confused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bewilder	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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

Mazed with fear he struggled on toward the flickering light that looked like help and safety.

From More English Fairy Tales.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mazed	maze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 fear	case
3	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mazed	obl
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 struggled	nsubj
5	struggled	struggle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fear	acl:relcl
6	on	on	ADP	_	5 struggled	compound:prt
7	toward	toward	ADP	_	10 light	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 light	det
9	flickering	flicker	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 light	amod
10	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 struggled	obl
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 looked	nsubj
12	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 light	acl:relcl
13	like	like	ADP	_	14 help	case
14	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 looked	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 safety	cc
16	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 help	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Mazed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	maze	participle			with fear	tree rules
2	struggle on	past	he	fear not said here	toward the flickering light	tree rules
3	flicker	gerund				vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	look	past	the flickering light		like help and safety	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Example 2

The greeting had stopped, but the tears were standing on its cheek, and the tiddy thing looked mazed like in the moonshine and the night air.

From More English Fairy Tales.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 greeting	det
2	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stopped	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stopped	aux
4	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 standing	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 standing	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tears	det
8	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 standing	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 standing	aux
10	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 stopped	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 cheek	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 cheek	nmod:poss
13	cheek	cheek	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 standing	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 mazed	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 mazed	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 thing	det
17	tiddy	tiddy	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 thing	compound
18	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 mazed	nsubj:pass
19	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 mazed	aux:pass
20	mazed	maze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 stopped	conj
21	like	like	ADP	_	24 moonshine	case
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 moonshine	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 moonshine	det
24	moonshine	moonshine	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 mazed	obl
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 air	cc
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 air	det
27	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 air	compound
28	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 moonshine	conj
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 stopped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	stop	past · perfect	the greeting				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	stand	past · progressive	the tears		greeting's cheek		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on cheek=Location
3	maze	past · passive		the tiddy thing		like the moonshine and the night air	tree rules

Example 3

Naturally the poor folk were strangely feared and mazed, and a lot of them went to the Wise Woman who dwelt in the old mill, and asked if so be she could find out where the Moon was gone.

From More English Fairy Tales.

The tree, 39 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Naturally	naturally	ADV	_	4 folk	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 folk	det
3	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 folk	amod
4	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feared	nsubj:pass
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 feared	aux:pass
6	strangely	strangely	ADV	_	7 feared	advmod
7	feared	fear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 mazed	cc
9	mazed	maze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 feared	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 went	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 went	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 lot	det
13	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 went	nsubj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 them	case
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 lot	nmod
16	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 feared	conj
17	to	to	ADP	_	20 Woman	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Woman	det
19	Wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 Woman	amod
20	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 went	obl
21	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 dwelt	nsubj
22	dwelt	dwell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 Woman	acl:relcl
23	in	in	ADP	_	26 mill	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 mill	det
25	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 mill	amod
26	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 dwelt	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 asked	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 asked	cc
29	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 went	conj
30	if	if	SCONJ	_	35 find	mark
31	so	so	ADV	_	35 find	advmod
32	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	35 find	cop
33	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 find	nsubj
34	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	35 find	aux
35	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 asked	ccomp
36	out	out	ADP	_	35 find	compound:prt
37	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	41 gone	advmod
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 Moon	det
39	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 gone	nsubj
40	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 gone	cop
41	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 find	advcl
42	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 feared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fear	past · passive		the poor folk		strangely property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
2	maze	participle					tree rules
3	go	past	a lot of them			to the Wise Woman	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to woman=Initial_Location
4	dwell	past	the Wise Woman		the old mill		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mill=Location
5	ask speech: ask	past	a lot of them not said here				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	is	could · infinitive	lot			find property	tree rules
7	is	past	the Moon			gone property	tree rules

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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