enchantment

Who acts: enchantment, magic spell, things, it, they · What happens: be, make, happen, change, charm, weave · To what, where: magic spell, things, someone, feeling, enchantment, me

«enchantment» 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: enchantment in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An enchantment is a magic spell that makes things happen or changes someone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 enchantment	det
2	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spell	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 spell	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 spell	det
5	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 spell	amod
6	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 makes	nsubj
8	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 spell	acl:relcl
9	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 makes	obj
10	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 makes	xcomp
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 changes	cc
12	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 makes	conj
13	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 changes	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 spell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	a enchantment	a magic spell	tree rules
2	make	present	a magic spell	things	tree rules
3	happen	infinitive	things not said here		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	change	present	a magic spell not said here	someone	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient

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

An enchantment is a feeling of being charmed and delighted, as if by magic.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 enchantment	det
2	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feeling	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 feeling	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 feeling	det
5	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 charmed	mark
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 charmed	aux:pass
8	charmed	charm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 feeling	acl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 delighted	cc
10	delighted	delighted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 charmed	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 magic	punct
12	as	as	ADP	_	15 magic	case
13	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 magic	mark
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 magic	case
15	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feeling	parataxis
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 feeling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a enchantment	a feeling					tree rules
2	charm	gerund · passive		a feeling not said here					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»

Example 1

But it was enchantment they were weaving.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	4 enchantment	cc
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 enchantment	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 enchantment	cop
4	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 weaving	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 weaving	aux
7	weaving	weave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 enchantment	acl:relcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 enchantment	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	enchantment					tree rules
2	weave	past · progressive	they	enchantment not said here					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enchantment=Product

Example 2

Yet it was like a piece of enchantment.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yet	yet	CCONJ	_	6 piece	cc
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 piece	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 piece	cop
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 piece	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 piece	det
6	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 enchantment	case
8	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 piece	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 piece	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	it					like a piece; of enchantment	tree rules

Example 3

Why does this enchantment still seem to bind me?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 does	advmod
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 seem	advcl
3	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 enchantment	det
4	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 seem	advmod
6	seem	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 bind	mark
8	bind	bind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 seem	xcomp
9	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 bind	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 seem	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	roles by
1	do	present	this enchantment		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enchantment=Eventuality
2	seem	present		still	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
3	bind	to-infinitive	me		vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient

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