diabolical

Who acts: traffic, villain, weather, That, witch, handwriting · What happens: do, be, reveal, flood, plan, give · To what, where: diabolical plan, city, diabolical penalty decision, diabolical cackle, hurry

«diabolical» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: diabolical in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Very wicked or cruel, as if done by the Devil, as in «a diabolical plan».

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 wicked	advmod
2	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 cruel	cc
4	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wicked	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 done	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 done	mark
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 done	mark
8	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wicked	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 Devil	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Devil	det
11	Devil	Devil	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 done	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 plan	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 plan	mark
14	in	in	ADP	_	18 plan	case
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 plan	punct
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 plan	det
17	diabolical	diabolical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 plan	amod
18	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 done	parataxis
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 plan	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wicked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	participle						by the Devil	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

Usage: UK, informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Extremely bad or of very poor quality, as in «The traffic was diabolical».

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Extremely	extremely	ADV	_	2 bad	advmod
2	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 quality	cc
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 quality	case
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 poor	advmod
6	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 quality	amod
7	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bad	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 diabolical	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 diabolical	mark
10	in	in	SCONJ	_	15 diabolical	mark
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 diabolical	punct
12	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 traffic	det
13	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 diabolical	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 diabolical	cop
15	diabolical	diabolical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bad	conj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 diabolical	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	the traffic					diabolical property	tree rules

Example 1

The villain revealed his diabolical plan to flood the city.

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	3 revealed	nsubj
3	revealed	reveal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 plan	nmod:poss
5	diabolical	diabolical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 plan	amod
6	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 revealed	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 flood	mark
8	flood	flood	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 revealed	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 city	det
10	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flood	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 revealed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	reveal	past	the villain	villain's diabolical plan	vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Topic
2	flood	to-infinitive	the villain not said here	the city	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent city=Patient
3	plan		villain		nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

The weather on our holiday was diabolical.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 weather	det
2	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 diabolical	nsubj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 holiday	case
4	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 holiday	nmod:poss
5	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 weather	nmod
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 diabolical	cop
7	diabolical	diabolical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 diabolical	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the weather on our holiday					diabolical property	tree rules

Example 3

That's a diabolical penalty decision!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 decision	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 decision	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 decision	det
4	diabolical	diabolical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 decision	amod
5	penalty	penalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 decision	compound
6	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 decision	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	That	a diabolical penalty decision					tree rules

Example 4

The witch gave a diabolical cackle.

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 cackle	det
5	diabolical	diabolical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cackle	amod
6	cackle	cackle	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 diabolical cackle					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cackle=Theme

Example 5

My handwriting was diabolical when I was in a hurry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 handwriting	nmod:poss
2	handwriting	handwriting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 diabolical	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 diabolical	cop
4	diabolical	diabolical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 hurry	advmod
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 hurry	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 hurry	cop
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 hurry	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hurry	det
10	hurry	hurry	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 diabolical	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 diabolical	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	My handwriting		diabolical property	tree rules
2	is	past	I	a hurry		tree rules
3	handwrite		My			nom handwriting «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 6

The trap was diabolically clever.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 trap	det
2	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 clever	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 clever	cop
4	diabolically	diabolically	ADV	_	5 clever	advmod
5	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 clever	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the trap					clever, diabolically property	tree rules

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