frightful

Who acts: place, He, storm · What happens: cause, have, give, be, bend · To what, where: great fear, frightful look, frightful yell, trees

«frightful» 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: frightful in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Very bad, terrible or causing great fear.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 bad	advmod
2	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 terrible	punct
4	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bad	conj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 causing	cc
6	causing	cause	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 terrible	conj
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fear	amod
8	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 causing	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	gerund		great fear					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fear=Patient

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.

Very bad or unpleasant, as in «a frightful mess».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 bad	advmod
2	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 unpleasant	cc
4	unpleasant	unpleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bad	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mess	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 mess	mark
7	in	in	ADP	_	11 mess	case
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 mess	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 mess	det
10	frightful	frightful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 mess	amod
11	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bad	parataxis
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 mess	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bad	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

The place had a frightful look.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 place	det
2	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 look	det
5	frightful	frightful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 look	amod
6	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the place	a frightful look					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Patient

Example 2

He gave a frightful yell.

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 yell	det
4	frightful	frightful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 yell	amod
5	yell	yell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	He	a frightful yell					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yell=Theme

Example 3

The storm was frightful, and the trees bent low.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 frightful	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 frightful	cop
4	frightful	frightful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bent	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 bent	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 trees	det
8	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 bent	nsubj:pass
9	bent	bend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 frightful	conj
10	low	low	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 bent	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 frightful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the storm					frightful property	tree rules
2	bend	participle · passive		the trees				low property	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: subject=Material

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