fiend

Who acts: fiend, fiends, him, you, Marusia, one · What happens: be, not let, go, see off, say, wait · To what, where: devil, someone, something, him, me, Fiend · Speech: someone speaks here

«fiend» 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: fiend in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A fiend is a devil or wicked spirit in old stories.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fiend	det
2	fiend	fiend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 devil	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 devil	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 devil	det
5	devil	devil	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 spirit	cc
7	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 spirit	amod
8	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 devil	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 stories	case
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 stories	amod
11	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 spirit	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 devil	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a fiend	a devil or wicked spirit in old stories					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

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A fiend is someone who is very keen on something: a chess fiend.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fiend	det
2	fiend	fiend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 someone	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 someone	cop
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 keen	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 keen	cop
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 keen	advmod
8	keen	keen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 someone	acl:relcl
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 something	case
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 keen	obl
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 fiend	punct
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 fiend	det
13	chess	chess	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fiend	compound
14	fiend	fiend	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 something	appos
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 someone	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a fiend	someone					tree rules
2	is	present				something		keen property	tree rules

Example 1

The fiends would not let him go.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fiends	det
2	fiends	fiend	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 let	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 let	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 let	advmod
5	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 let	obj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not let	would	the fiends	him = he					tree rules
2	go	infinitive	him = he not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

See me off, Marusia, says the Fiend.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	See	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 See	obj
3	off	off	ADP	_	1 See	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 says	punct
5	Marusia	Marusia	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 says	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Marusia	punct
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 See	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Fiend	det
9	Fiend	fiend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 See	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see off	imperative	you not said here	me					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	present	Marusia	the Fiend					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fiend=Topic

Example 3

Wait a bit! said one of the fiends.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bit	det
3	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl:unmarked
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 said	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 fiends	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fiends	det
9	fiends	fiend	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 one	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here	a bit					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	one of the fiends						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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