accursed
Who acts: accursed witch, old man, accursed dragon · What happens: curse, accurs, turn, cry, guard · To what, where: curse, prince, gold · Speech: someone speaks here
«accursed» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: accursed in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Under a curse, or cursed by magic.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Under | under | ADP | _ | 3 curse | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 curse | det |
| 3 | curse | curse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 cursed | punct |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 cursed | cc |
| 6 | cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 curse | acl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 magic | case |
| 8 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cursed | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 curse | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | curse | participle | a curse not said here | by magic | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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.
Meaning 2
Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.
Hateful, wicked or wretched.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hateful | Hateful | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 wicked | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 wicked | punct |
| 3 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 wretched | cc |
| 5 | wretched | wretched | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 wicked | conj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wicked | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
The accursed witch turned the prince into a frog.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 witch | det |
| 2 | accursed | accurs | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 witch | amod |
| 3 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turned | nsubj |
| 4 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 prince | det |
| 6 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turned | obj |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 frog | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 frog | det |
| 9 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turned | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 turned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accurs | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | turn | past | the accursed witch | the prince | into a frog result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent prince=Theme into frog=Result |
Example 2
"Accursed genie!" cried the old man.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 genie | punct |
| 2 | Accursed | accurs | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 genie | amod |
| 3 | genie | genie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cried | nsubj |
| 4 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 genie | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 genie | punct |
| 6 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 man | det |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 man | amod |
| 9 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cried | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 cried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accurs in a quote | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | past | the old man | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
The accursed dragon guarded the gold for many years.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dragon | det |
| 2 | accursed | accurs | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 dragon | amod |
| 3 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 guarded | nsubj |
| 4 | guarded | guard | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 gold | det |
| 6 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 guarded | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 years | case |
| 8 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 years | amod |
| 9 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 guarded | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 guarded | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accurs | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | guard | past | the accursed dragon | the gold | year | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Beneficiary |
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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