demoniac
Who acts: witch, Helga · What happens: possess, give, have, act · To what, where: demoniac laugh, wicked demoniac spirit, villain, demoniac rage
«demoniac» 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: demoniac in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.
Like a demon; wild, fierce, or as if possessed by an evil spirit.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Like | like | ADP | _ | 3 demon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 demon | det |
| 3 | demon | demon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wild | obl |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 wild | punct |
| 5 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 fierce | punct |
| 7 | fierce | fierce | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 wild | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 possessed | punct |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 possessed | cc |
| 10 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 12 possessed | mark |
| 11 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 12 possessed | mark |
| 12 | possessed | possess | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 wild | conj |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 16 spirit | case |
| 14 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 spirit | det |
| 15 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 spirit | amod |
| 16 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 possessed | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 wild | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | possess | participle | by a evil spirit | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
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 witch gave a demoniac laugh.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 witch | det |
| 2 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | nsubj |
| 3 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 laugh | det |
| 5 | demoniac | demoniac | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 laugh | compound |
| 6 | laugh | laugh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the witch | a demoniac laugh | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laugh=Theme |
Example 2
Helga had a wicked, demoniac spirit.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helga | Helga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 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 | 7 spirit | det |
| 4 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 spirit | amod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wicked | punct |
| 6 | demoniac | demoniac | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 spirit | compound |
| 7 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | Helga | a wicked demoniac spirit | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spirit=Patient |
Example 3
The villain acted in a demoniac rage.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 villain | det |
| 2 | villain | villain | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | acted | act | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 villain | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 rage | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 rage | det |
| 6 | demoniac | demoniac | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 rage | compound |
| 7 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 acted | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 villain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | act | participle | the villain not said here | a demoniac rage | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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