mysterious

Who acts: Mysterious, mysterious person, mysterious parcel, We, mysterious stranger, cookies · What happens: mean, explain, understand, keep, not tell, arrive · To what, where: secrets, much, name, mysterious footsteps, attic, long black cloak · Speech: someone speaks here

«mysterious» in the English dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 11 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: mysterious in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Mysterious means strange and hard to explain or understand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mysterious	mysterious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 hard	cc
5	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 strange	conj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 explain	mark
7	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 hard	xcomp
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 understand	cc
9	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 explain	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Mysterious	strange property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	explain speech: assert	to-infinitive	Mysterious not said here		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	understand	infinitive	Mysterious not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: 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.

Everyday, meaning 2

A mysterious person keeps secrets or does not tell much about themselves.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 person	det
2	mysterious	mysterious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 person	amod
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keeps	nsubj
4	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 keeps	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 tell	cc
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 tell	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 tell	advmod
9	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 keeps	conj
10	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tell	obj
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 themselves	case
12	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 much	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	a mysterious person	secrets					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme
2	not tell speech: assert	present · do-support	a mysterious person not said here	much about secrets					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent much=Recipient

Example 1

A mysterious parcel arrived with no name on it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 parcel	det
2	mysterious	mysterious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 parcel	amod
3	parcel	parcel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 arrived	nsubj
4	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 name	case
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 name	det
7	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 arrived	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 arrived	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 arrived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	past	a mysterious parcel			name		with no name	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

We heard mysterious footsteps in the attic.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	mysterious	mysterious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 footsteps	amod
4	footsteps	footstep	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 heard	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 attic	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 attic	det
7	attic	attic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	We	mysterious footsteps		the attic			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer footstep=Stimulus

Example 3

The mysterious stranger wore a long black cloak.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stranger	det
2	mysterious	mysterious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stranger	amod
3	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wore	nsubj
4	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cloak	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cloak	amod
7	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cloak	amod
8	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wore	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	the mysterious stranger	a long black cloak					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme

Example 4

The cookies disappeared mysteriously.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cookies	det
2	cookies	cookie	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 disappeared	nsubj
3	disappeared	disappear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	mysteriously	mysteriously	ADV	_	3 disappeared	advmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 disappeared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disappear	past	the cookies					mysteriously property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

Scientists study mysterious objects in space.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 study	nsubj
2	study	study	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	mysterious	mysterious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 objects	amod
4	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 study	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 space	case
6	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 study	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 study	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	study	present	Scientists	mysterious objects		space			vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Topic

Example 6

She smiled in a mysterious way and said nothing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 smiled	nsubj
2	smiled	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 way	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 way	det
5	mysterious	mysterious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smiled	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 said	cc
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 smiled	conj
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 said	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 smiled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smile	past	She					in a mysterious way	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in way=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	She not said here	nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

Example 7

The old house looked dark and mysterious.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 house	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 house	amod
3	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looked	nsubj
4	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 looked	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 mysterious	cc
7	mysterious	mysterious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dark	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	the old house					dark property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 8

The whole affair is indeed mysterious.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 affair	det
2	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 affair	amod
3	affair	affair	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mysterious	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mysterious	cop
5	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	6 mysterious	advmod
6	mysterious	mysterious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 mysterious	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the whole affair					indeed, mysterious property	tree rules

Example 9

other Biblical form of Holy mysterious animal, as given in I. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 form	amod
2	Biblical	biblical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 form	amod
3	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 animal	case
5	Holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 animal	amod
6	mysterious	mysterious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 animal	amod
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 form	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 given	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 given	mark
10	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 form	acl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 I.	case
12	I.	I.	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 given	obl
13	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 Yetzirah	punct
14	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Yetzirah	compound
15	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 I.	appos
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 Westcott	punct
17	Westcott	Westcott	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Yetzirah	conj
18	1893	1893	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 Yetzirah	flat
19	)	)	PUNCT	_	15 Yetzirah	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	participle		other Biblical form of Holy mysterious animal not said here		I.			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	form			Holy mysterious animal					nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 10

Thirty-two mysterious ways has the Lord, Lord of hosts, ordained through Scribe, Script, and Scroll. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

Sentence 1: Thirty-two mysterious ways has the Lord, Lord of hosts, ordained through Scribe, Script, and Scroll.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 ways	nummod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 two	punct
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Thirty	conj
4	mysterious	mysterious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ways	amod
5	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 has	nsubj
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Lord	det
8	Lord	Lord	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 has	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Lord	punct
10	Lord	Lord	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Lord	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 hosts	case
12	hosts	host	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 Lord	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ordained	punct
14	ordained	ordain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 Lord	acl:relcl
15	through	through	ADP	_	16 Scribe	case
16	Scribe	Scribe	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 ordained	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 Script	punct
18	Script	Script	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Scribe	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 Scroll	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 Scroll	cc
21	Scroll	scroll	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 has	parataxis
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	Thirty mysterious ways	the Lord and Lord of hosts		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Patient
2	ordain	participle		the Lord and Lord of hosts not said here	through Scribe and Script	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	scroll	infinitive				tree rules

Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct
2	Mordell	Mordell	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Origin	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Origin	det
5	Origin	Origin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Letters	case
7	Letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Origin	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Numerals	cc
9	Numerals	numeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Letters	conj
10	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 Sefer	case
11	to	to	ADP	_	10 according	fixed
12	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	nmod
13	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Sefer	flat
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 1914	punct
15	1914	1914	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Mordell	list
16	))	))	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Example 11

"Thirty-two mysterious ways has the Lord, the Lord of hosts, ordained through Scribe, Script and Scroll." (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

Sentence 1: "Thirty-two mysterious ways has the Lord, the Lord of hosts, ordained through Scribe, Script and Scroll."

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 has	punct
2	Thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 two	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 Thirty	punct
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 ways	nummod
5	mysterious	mysterious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ways	amod
6	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 has	nsubj
7	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Lord	det
9	Lord	Lord	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 has	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Lord	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Lord	det
12	Lord	Lord	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Lord	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 hosts	case
14	hosts	host	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 Lord	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 ordained	punct
16	ordained	ordain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 Lord	acl:relcl
17	through	through	ADP	_	18 Scribe	case
18	Scribe	Scribe	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 ordained	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 Script	punct
20	Script	Script	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Scribe	conj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 Scroll	cc
22	Scroll	Scroll	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Scribe	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 has	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have in a quote	present	two mysterious ways	the Lord and the Lord of hosts					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Patient
2	ordain in a quote	participle		the Lord and the Lord of hosts not said here				through Scribe and Script and Scroll	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct
2	Mordell	Mordell	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Origin	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Origin	det
5	Origin	Origin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Letters	case
7	Letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Origin	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Numerals	cc
9	Numerals	numeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Letters	conj
10	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 Sefer	case
11	to	to	ADP	_	10 according	fixed
12	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	nmod
13	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Sefer	flat
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 1914	punct
15	1914	1914	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Mordell	list
16	))	))	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

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📖 mysterious

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

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