frenzy
Who acts: person, crowd, He · What happens: run about, not be, be, run, catch, bark · To what, where: control, frenzy, bus, dog
«frenzy» 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: frenzy in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A wild state of excitement, anger or running about, when a person is not in control.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 state | det |
| 2 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 state | amod |
| 3 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 excitement | case |
| 5 | excitement | excitement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 state | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 anger | punct |
| 7 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 state | nmod |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 running | cc |
| 9 | running | run | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 anger | conj |
| 10 | about | about | ADV | _ | 9 running | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 control | punct |
| 12 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 18 control | advmod |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 person | det |
| 14 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 control | nsubj |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 control | cop |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 control | advmod |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 control | case |
| 18 | control | control | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 state | conj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 state | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run about | gerund | about property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not is | present | a person | control | 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
A state of wild religious excitement, as in old tales.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 state | det |
| 2 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 excitement | case |
| 4 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 excitement | amod |
| 5 | religious | religious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 excitement | amod |
| 6 | excitement | excitement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 state | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 tales | punct |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 tales | case |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 tales | case |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 tales | amod |
| 11 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 state | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 state | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
The crowd was in a frenzy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 crowd | det |
| 2 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 frenzy | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 frenzy | cop |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 frenzy | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 frenzy | det |
| 6 | frenzy | frenzy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 frenzy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the crowd | a frenzy | tree rules |
Example 2
He ran in a frenzy to catch the bus.
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 ran | nsubj |
| 2 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 frenzy | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 frenzy | det |
| 5 | frenzy | frenzy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ran | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 catch | mark |
| 7 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 ran | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bus | det |
| 9 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 catch | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 ran | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | He | a frenzy | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in frenzy=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | catch | to-infinitive | He not said here | the bus | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bus=Theme |
Example 3
The dog barked in a frenzy at the cat.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dog | det |
| 2 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | barked | bark | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 dog | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 frenzy | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 frenzy | det |
| 6 | frenzy | frenzy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 barked | obl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 cat | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 cat | det |
| 9 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 frenzy | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 dog | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bark | participle | the dog not said here | a frenzy at the cat | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=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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