fantastical
Who acts: Fantastical, fantastical beasts, She, imagination, His · What happens: mean, be, have, imagine · To what, where: wings, fantastical idea
«fantastical» 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: fantastical in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Fantastical means strange, wonderful or unreal, like something from a dream or a fairy tale.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fantastical | fantastical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 wonderful | punct |
| 5 | wonderful | wonderful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 strange | conj |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 unreal | cc |
| 7 | unreal | unreal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 strange | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 something | punct |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 something | case |
| 10 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 means | conj |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 dream | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 dream | det |
| 13 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 something | nmod |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 17 tale | cc |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 tale | det |
| 16 | fairy | fairy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 tale | amod |
| 17 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 dream | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Fantastical | strange property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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
Fantastical can mean too imaginative to be true.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fantastical | Fantastical | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mean | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 mean | aux |
| 3 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 imaginative | advmod |
| 5 | imaginative | imaginative | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 mean | xcomp |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 true | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 true | cop |
| 8 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 imaginative | advcl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | can | Fantastical | imaginative property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | Fantastical not said here | true property | tree rules |
Example 1
The fantastical beasts in the book had wings and horns.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 beasts | det |
| 2 | fantastical | fantastical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 beasts | amod |
| 3 | beasts | beast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 had | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 book | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 book | det |
| 6 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 beasts | nmod |
| 7 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 had | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 horns | cc |
| 10 | horns | horn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 wings | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the fantastical beasts in the book | wings and horns | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient |
Example 2
She had a fantastical idea.
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 idea | det |
| 4 | fantastical | fantastical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 idea | amod |
| 5 | idea | idea | 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 fantastical idea | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient |
Example 3
His imagination was more fantastical than anyone's.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 imagination | nmod:poss |
| 2 | imagination | imagination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fantastical | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 fantastical | cop |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 fantastical | advmod |
| 5 | fantastical | fantastical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 7 anyone | case |
| 7 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 fantastical | obl |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 anyone | case |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 fantastical | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | His imagination | than anyone; fantastical property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | imagine | His = he | nom imagination «cognition transitive»: poss=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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