afeard
Who acts: Afeard, She, you, boy · What happens: frighten, be, use, pretend, not be · To what, where: old word, folk tales
«afeard» in the school 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: afeard in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Afraid; frightened. Afeard is an old word for afraid, used in folk tales.
Sentence 1: Afraid; frightened.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 frightened | compound |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Afraid | punct |
| 3 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 frightened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frighten | 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.
Sentence 2: Afeard is an old word for afraid, used in folk tales.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afeard | Afeard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 word | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 word | cop |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 word | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 word | amod |
| 5 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 afraid | case |
| 7 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 word | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 used | punct |
| 9 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 word | acl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 tales | case |
| 11 | folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 tales | compound |
| 12 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 used | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 word | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Afeard | a old word | for afraid | tree rules | |||
| 2 | use | participle | a old word not said here | folk tales | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 1
She pretended to be afeard.
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 pretended | nsubj |
| 2 | pretended | pretend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 afeard | mark |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 afeard | cop |
| 5 | afeard | afeard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 pretended | xcomp |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 pretended | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | past | She | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | She not said here | afeard property | tree rules |
Example 2
Be not afeard, little one.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 3 afeard | cop |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 afeard | advmod |
| 3 | afeard | afeard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 one | punct |
| 5 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 one | amod |
| 6 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 afeard | conj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 afeard | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | imperative | you not said here | afeard property | tree rules |
Example 3
The boy was afeard of the dark wood.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 afeard | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 afeard | cop |
| 4 | afeard | afeard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 wood | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wood | det |
| 7 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 wood | amod |
| 8 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 afeard | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 afeard | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the boy | of the dark wood; afeard property | tree rules |
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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