grotesque

Who acts: grotesque, gargoyle, devil · What happens: distort, carve, paint, be, have, look · To what, where: strange carved figure, grotesque face, Grotesque faces, carved walls

«grotesque» 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: grotesque in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Strange, distorted and ugly in a silly or frightening way.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 distorted	punct
3	distorted	distort	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Strange	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 ugly	cc
5	ugly	ugly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 distorted	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	11 way	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 way	det
8	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 way	amod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 frightening	cc
10	frightening	frightening	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 silly	conj
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ugly	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Strange	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distort	participle							vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material

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 grotesque is a strange carved or painted figure. (noun).

Sentence 1: A grotesque is a strange carved or painted figure.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 grotesque	det
2	grotesque	grotesque	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 figure	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 figure	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 figure	det
5	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 figure	amod
6	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 figure	amod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 painted	cc
8	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 carved	conj
9	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 figure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	carve	participle			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	paint	participle			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	a grotesque	a strange carved figure	tree rules

Sentence 2: (noun).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 noun	punct
2	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 noun	punct
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 noun	punct

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

Example 1

The gargoyle had a grotesque face.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gargoyle	det
2	gargoyle	gargoyle	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 face	det
5	grotesque	grotesque	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 face	amod
6	face	face	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 gargoyle	a grotesque face					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient

Example 2

The devil looked grotesque in the firelight.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 devil	det
2	devil	devil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looked	nsubj
3	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	grotesque	grotesque	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 looked	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 firelight	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 firelight	det
7	firelight	firelight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	the devil					in the firelight; grotesque property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in firelight=Theme

Example 3

Grotesque faces grinned at us from the carved walls.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grotesque	grotesque	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 faces	amod
2	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	grinned	grin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 faces	acl
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 us	case
5	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 grinned	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 walls	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 walls	det
8	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 walls	amod
9	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grinned	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 faces	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grin	participle		Grotesque faces not said here		the carved walls		at us	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	carve	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «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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