daze
Who acts: daze, you, them, he, loud bang, She · What happens: be, not think, daze, make, think, walk · To what, where: state, someone, them, daze, whole class · Speech: someone speaks here
«daze» 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: daze in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A daze is a state where you cannot think clearly, after a blow or a shock.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 daze | det |
| 2 | daze | daze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 state | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 state | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 state | det |
| 5 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 think | advmod |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 think | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 think | aux |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 think | advmod |
| 10 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 state | acl |
| 11 | clearly | clearly | ADV | _ | 10 think | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 blow | punct |
| 13 | after | after | ADP | _ | 15 blow | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 blow | det |
| 15 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 think | parataxis |
| 16 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 18 shock | cc |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 shock | det |
| 18 | shock | shock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 blow | conj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 state | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a daze | a state | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not think speech: other | can | you | clearly property | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: 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
To daze someone is to stun them or make them unable to think clearly.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 daze | mark |
| 2 | daze | daze | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 stun | advcl |
| 3 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 daze | obj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 stun | cop |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 stun | mark |
| 6 | stun | stun | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 stun | obj |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 make | cc |
| 9 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 stun | conj |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 make | obj |
| 11 | unable | unable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 make | xcomp |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 think | mark |
| 13 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 unable | xcomp |
| 14 | clearly | clearly | ADV | _ | 13 think | advmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 stun | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | daze | to-infinitive | someone | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is | present | stun property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | make | infinitive | them = they | unable property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | ||||
| 4 | think speech: other | to-infinitive | them = they not said here | clearly property | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 1
After the fall he walked about in a daze.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 fall | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fall | det |
| 3 | fall | fall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 walked | obl |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 walked | nsubj |
| 5 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | about | about | ADV | _ | 5 walked | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 daze | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 daze | det |
| 9 | daze | daze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 walked | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 walked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | past | he | a daze | after the fall | about property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in daze=Trajectory |
Example 2
The loud bang dazed the whole class.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bang | det |
| 2 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bang | amod |
| 3 | bang | bang | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dazed | nsubj |
| 4 | dazed | daze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 class | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 class | amod |
| 7 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dazed | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 dazed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | daze | past | the loud bang | the whole class | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus class=Experiencer |
Example 3
She woke up in a daze and did not know where she was.
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 woke | nsubj |
| 2 | woke | wake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 woke | compound:prt |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 daze | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 daze | det |
| 6 | daze | daze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 woke | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 know | cc |
| 8 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 know | aux |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 know | advmod |
| 10 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 woke | conj |
| 11 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 13 was | advmod |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 was | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 know | ccomp |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 woke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wake up | past | She | a daze | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not know | past · do-support | She not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | be | past | she | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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