bewitching
Who acts: it, bewitching music, She, princess, prince · What happens: seem, cast, bewitch, make, have, not look away · To what, where: spell, everyone dance, bewitching smile
«bewitching» 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: bewitching in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Very charming or lovely, so that it seems to cast a spell on you.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Very | very | ADV | _ | 2 charming | advmod |
| 2 | charming | charming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lovely | nsubj |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 lovely | cc |
| 4 | lovely | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 seems | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 seems | advmod |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 seems | mark |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 seems | nsubj |
| 9 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 lovely | conj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 cast | mark |
| 11 | cast | cast | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 seems | xcomp |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 spell | det |
| 13 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cast | obj |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 you | case |
| 15 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 cast | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 lovely | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seem | present | it | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | cast | to-infinitive | a spell | on you | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent spell=Theme on you=Destination |
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.
Example 1
The bewitching music made everyone dance.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 music | det |
| 2 | bewitching | bewitch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 music | amod |
| 3 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | nsubj |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 dance | compound |
| 6 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bewitch | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | make | past | the bewitching music | everyone dance | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dance=Product |
Example 2
She had a bewitching smile.
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 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 smile | det |
| 4 | bewitching | bewitch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 smile | amod |
| 5 | smile | smile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | She | a bewitching smile | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smile=Patient | ||||
| 2 | bewitch | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Example 3
The princess was so bewitching that the prince could not look away.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 princess | det |
| 2 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bewitching | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 bewitching | aux |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 bewitching | advmod |
| 5 | bewitching | bewitch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 look | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 prince | det |
| 8 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 look | nsubj |
| 9 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 look | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 look | advmod |
| 11 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 bewitching | advcl |
| 12 | away | away | ADV | _ | 11 look | advmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 bewitching | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bewitch | past · progressive | the princess | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | not look away | could | the prince | away property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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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