ferocious
Who acts: Ferocious, ferocious look, wolf, he · What happens: mean, be, have, lock · To what, where: ferocious teeth, ferocious animals, deck
«ferocious» 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: ferocious in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Ferocious means fierce, wild and dangerous: a ferocious dog.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferocious | Ferocious | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | fierce | fierce | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 wild | punct |
| 5 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fierce | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 dangerous | cc |
| 7 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fierce | conj |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 dog | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 dog | det |
| 10 | ferocious | ferocious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 dog | amod |
| 11 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | parataxis |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Ferocious | fierce 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
A ferocious look is angry and frightening.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 look | det |
| 2 | ferocious | ferocious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 look | amod |
| 3 | look | look | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 angry | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 angry | cop |
| 5 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 frightening | cc |
| 7 | frightening | frightening | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 angry | conj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 angry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a ferocious look | angry property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | a ferocious look not said here | tree rules |
Example 1
The wolf had ferocious teeth.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wolf | det |
| 2 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ferocious | ferocious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 teeth | amod |
| 5 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 had | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the wolf | ferocious teeth | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient |
Example 2
Despite his ferocious looks, he was gentle.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Despite | despite | ADP | _ | 4 looks | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 looks | nmod:poss |
| 3 | ferocious | ferocious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 looks | amod |
| 4 | looks | look | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 gentle | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 looks | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 gentle | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 gentle | cop |
| 8 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 gentle | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | despite his ferocious looks; gentle property | tree rules |
Example 3
The ferocious animals were locked below deck.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 animals | det |
| 2 | ferocious | ferocious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 animals | amod |
| 3 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 locked | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 locked | aux:pass |
| 5 | locked | lock | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | below | below | ADP | _ | 7 deck | case |
| 7 | deck | deck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 locked | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 locked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lock | past · passive | the ferocious animals | deck | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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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