bewitch
Who acts: they, I, Fairy, eyes · What happens: bewitch, be, mean, not look away, have · To what, where: someone, charm, you, Spit, eyes · Speech: someone speaks here
«bewitch» 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: bewitch in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To bewitch someone is to put a spell on them with magic.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 bewitch | mark |
| 2 | bewitch | bewitch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 put | advcl |
| 3 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 bewitch | obj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 put | cop |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 put | mark |
| 6 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 spell | det |
| 8 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 put | obj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 them | case |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 put | obl |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 magic | case |
| 12 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 put | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bewitch | to-infinitive | someone | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is | present | on them = they; with magic; put property | tree rules |
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
To bewitch someone can also mean to charm them so completely that they cannot look away.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 bewitch | mark |
| 2 | bewitch | bewitch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 mean | csubj |
| 3 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 bewitch | obj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 mean | aux |
| 5 | also | also | ADV | _ | 6 mean | advmod |
| 6 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 charm | mark |
| 8 | charm | charm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mean | obj |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 charm | nmod |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 completely | advmod |
| 11 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 6 mean | advmod |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 look | mark |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 look | nsubj |
| 14 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 look | aux |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 look | advmod |
| 16 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 completely | advcl |
| 17 | away | away | ADV | _ | 16 look | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bewitch | to-infinitive | someone | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | mean | can | charm them | completely property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charm=Topic | ||||
| 3 | not look away | can | they | away property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Example 1
I'll bewitch you!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 bewitch | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 bewitch | aux |
| 3 | bewitch | bewitch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 bewitch | obj |
| 5 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 bewitch | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bewitch | future | I | you | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer |
Example 2
Spit on the blade of my knife and bewitch it for me.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spit | spit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 blade | nsubj |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 blade | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 blade | det |
| 4 | blade | blade | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 knife | case |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 knife | nmod:poss |
| 7 | knife | knife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 blade | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 bewitch | cc |
| 9 | bewitch | bewitch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 blade | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 bewitch | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 me | case |
| 12 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 bewitch | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 blade | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bewitch | infinitive | Spit | for me | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer |
Example 3
The Fairy of the Dawn has eyes that will bewitch you.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Fairy | det |
| 2 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 has | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Dawn | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Dawn | det |
| 5 | Dawn | Dawn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Fairy | nmod |
| 6 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 has | obj |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 bewitch | nsubj |
| 9 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 bewitch | aux |
| 10 | bewitch | bewitch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 eyes | acl:relcl |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 bewitch | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the Fairy of the Dawn | eyes | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | ||||
| 2 | bewitch | future | eyes | you | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer |
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