fascination Who acts: Fascination, strong interest, you, your, Helen, Circe · What happens: be, hold, not look away, attend, attract, have · To what, where: strong interest, attention, power, beauty, fascinations, fascination
«fascination» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: fascination in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Fascination is a strong interest that holds your attention so you cannot look away.
The tree, 15 words nsubj cop det amod nsubj acl:relcl nmod:poss obj mark nsubj aux advmod advcl advmod punct root Fascination NOUN is AUX a DET strong ADJ interest NOUN that PRON holds VERB your PRON attention NOUN so SCONJ you PRON can AUX not PART look VERB away ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fascination fascination NOUN Number=Sing 5 interest nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 interest cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 interest det 4 strong strong ADJ Degree=Pos 5 interest amod 5 interest interest NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 that that PRON PronType=Rel 7 holds nsubj 7 holds hold VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 interest acl:relcl 8 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 attention nmod:poss 9 attention attention NOUN Number=Sing 7 holds obj 10 so so SCONJ _ 14 look mark 11 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 14 look nsubj 12 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 14 look aux 13 not not PART Polarity=Neg 14 look advmod 14 look look VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 holds advcl 15 away away ADV _ 14 look advmod 16 . . PUNCT _ 5 interest punct
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1 is a present Fascination a strong interest tree rules 2 hold present a strong interest your attention vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Theme 3 not look away can you away property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus 4 attend your nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=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 Fascination is the power to attract and charm someone.
nsubj cop det mark acl cc compound conj punct root Fascination NOUN is AUX the DET power NOUN to PART attract VERB and CCONJ charm NOUN someone PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fascination fascination NOUN Number=Sing 4 power nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 power cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 power det 4 power power NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 to to PART _ 6 attract mark 6 attract attract VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 power acl 7 and and CCONJ _ 9 someone cc 8 charm charm NOUN Number=Sing 9 someone compound 9 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 4 power conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 power punct
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1 is a present Fascination the power tree rules 2 attract to-infinitive vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 1 Helen still had all her beauty and fascination.
nsubj advmod det:predet nmod:poss obj cc conj punct root Helen PROPN still ADV had VERB all DET her PRON beauty NOUN and CCONJ fascination NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Helen Helen PROPN Number=Sing 3 had nsubj 2 still still ADV _ 3 had advmod 3 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 all all DET PronType=Tot 6 beauty det:predet 5 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 beauty nmod:poss 6 beauty beauty NOUN Number=Sing 3 had obj 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 fascination cc 8 fascination fascination NOUN Number=Sing 6 beauty conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 had punct
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1 have past Helen Helen's beauty and fascination still vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beauty=Patient
Example 2 Circe began to use her fascinations on him.
nsubj mark xcomp nmod:poss obj case obl punct root Circe NOUN began VERB to PART use VERB her PRON fascinations NOUN on ADP him PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Circe circe NOUN Number=Sing 2 began nsubj 2 began begin VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 use mark 4 use use VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 began xcomp 5 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 fascinations nmod:poss 6 fascinations fascination NOUN Number=Plur 4 use obj 7 on on ADP _ 8 him case 8 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 use obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 began punct
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1 begin past Circe vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 2 use to-infinitive Circe not said here Circe's fascinations on him = he vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fascination=Patient 3 fascinate Circe nom fascination «state transitive»: poss=agent
Example 3 He felt the fascination of her eyes.
nsubj det obj case nmod:poss nmod punct root He PRON felt VERB the DET fascination NOUN of ADP her PRON eyes NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 felt nsubj 2 felt feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 fascination det 4 fascination fascination NOUN Number=Sing 2 felt obj 5 of of ADP _ 7 eyes case 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 eyes nmod:poss 7 eyes eye NOUN Number=Plur 4 fascination nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 felt punct
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1 feel past He the fascination of her eyes vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fascination=Theme 2 fascinate her eyes nom fascination «state transitive»: of=patient
Example 4 The book has a fascination for children.
det nsubj det obj case nmod punct root The DET book NOUN has VERB a DET fascination NOUN for ADP children NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 book det 2 book book NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 fascination det 5 fascination fascination NOUN Number=Sing 3 has obj 6 for for ADP _ 7 children case 7 children child NOUN Number=Plur 5 fascination nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present the book a fascination for children vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fascination=Patient
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