affright
Who acts: Verb, She, you, sudden noise · What happens: frighten, ask, be, affright · To what, where: someone, affright, voyagers, horses · Speech: someone speaks here
«affright» 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: affright in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Noun: a sudden strong fear or shock.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noun | noun | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 fear | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 fear | det |
| 4 | sudden | sudden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 fear | amod |
| 5 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 fear | amod |
| 6 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Noun | appos |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 shock | cc |
| 8 | shock | shock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fear | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Noun | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 2
Verb: to frighten someone greatly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verb | verb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 frighten | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 frighten | punct |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 frighten | mark |
| 4 | frighten | frighten | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 frighten | obj |
| 6 | greatly | greatly | ADV | _ | 4 frighten | advmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 frighten | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frighten | to-infinitive | Verb | someone | greatly property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer |
Example 1
She asked in affright, "Who are you?"
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 asked | nsubj |
| 2 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 affright | case |
| 4 | affright | affright | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 asked | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Who | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Who | punct |
| 7 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 asked | parataxis |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 Who | cop |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 Who | nsubj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 asked | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | She | affright | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | you | tree rules |
Example 2
All the voyagers were greatly affrighted.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 voyagers | det:predet |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 voyagers | det |
| 3 | voyagers | voyager | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 affrighted | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 affrighted | aux:pass |
| 5 | greatly | greatly | ADV | _ | 6 affrighted | advmod |
| 6 | affrighted | affright | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 affrighted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | affright | past · passive | all voyagers | greatly property | tree rules |
Example 3
The sudden noise affrighted the horses.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 noise | det |
| 2 | sudden | sudden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 noise | amod |
| 3 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | affrighted | affright | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 noise | acl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 horses | det |
| 6 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 affrighted | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 noise | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | affright | participle | the sudden noise not said here | the horses | tree rules |
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