ferocity
Who acts: Ferocity, it, face · What happens: be, attack, show, frighten · To what, where: wild, tales, beast, redness, villagers
«ferocity» 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: ferocity in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Ferocity is fierce, wild anger or savage force.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferocity | ferocity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fierce | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fierce | cop |
| 3 | fierce | fierce | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 anger | punct |
| 5 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 anger | amod |
| 6 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fierce | parataxis |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 force | cc |
| 8 | savage | savage | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 force | amod |
| 9 | force | force | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 anger | conj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 fierce | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Ferocity | fierce property | 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
In tales, it is the wild, dangerous power of a monster or beast.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 tales | case |
| 2 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 wild | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 tales | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 wild | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 wild | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 wild | det |
| 7 | wild | wild | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 power | punct |
| 9 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 power | amod |
| 10 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wild | conj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 monster | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 monster | det |
| 13 | monster | monster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 power | nmod |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 beast | cc |
| 15 | beast | beast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 monster | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 wild | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | the wild and dangerous power of a monster or beast | tales | tree rules |
Example 1
The beast attacked with great ferocity.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 beast | det |
| 2 | beast | beast | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | attacked | attack | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 beast | acl |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 ferocity | case |
| 5 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 ferocity | amod |
| 6 | ferocity | ferocity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 attacked | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 beast | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attack | participle | the beast not said here | with great ferocity | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
His face showed only redness and ferocity.
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 face | nmod:poss |
| 2 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 showed | nsubj |
| 3 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 redness | advmod |
| 5 | redness | redness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 showed | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 ferocity | cc |
| 7 | ferocity | ferocity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 redness | conj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 showed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | His face | redness and ferocity | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent redness=Recipient |
Example 3
The ferocity of the fight frightened the villagers.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ferocity | det |
| 2 | ferocity | ferocity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 frightened | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 fight | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fight | det |
| 5 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ferocity | nmod |
| 6 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 villagers | det |
| 8 | villagers | villager | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 frightened | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 frightened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frighten | past | the ferocity of the fight | the villagers | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus villager=Experiencer |
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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