haunt Who acts: ghost, it, memory, you, worry, haunt · What happens: haunt, appear, keep, think, upset, mean · To what, where: place, stories, you, old castle, fair, me · Speech: someone speaks here
«haunt» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: haunt in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 In stories, a ghost haunts a place or person when it appears there again and again.
The tree, 16 words case obl punct det nsubj det obj cc conj mark nsubj advcl advmod advmod cc conj punct root In ADP stories NOUN , PUNCT a DET ghost NOUN haunts VERB a DET place NOUN or CCONJ person NOUN when SCONJ it PRON appears VERB there ADV again ADV and CCONJ again ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 2 stories case 2 stories story NOUN Number=Plur 6 haunts obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 stories punct 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 ghost det 5 ghost ghost NOUN Number=Sing 6 haunts nsubj 6 haunts haunt VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 place det 8 place place NOUN Number=Sing 6 haunts obj 9 or or CCONJ _ 10 person cc 10 person person NOUN Number=Sing 8 place conj 11 when when SCONJ _ 13 appears mark 12 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 appears nsubj 13 appears appear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 haunts advcl 14 there there ADV PronType=Dem 13 appears advmod 15 again again ADV _ 13 appears advmod 16 and and CCONJ _ 17 again cc 17 again again ADV _ 15 again conj 18 . . PUNCT _ 6 haunts punct
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1 haunt present a ghost a place or person stories vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus place=Experiencer 2 appear present it there again vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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 If a memory or worry haunts you, you keep thinking about it and it upsets you.
The tree, 16 words mark det nsubj cc conj advcl obj punct nsubj xcomp case obl cc nsubj conj obj punct root If SCONJ a DET memory NOUN or CCONJ worry NOUN haunts VERB you PRON , PUNCT you PRON keep VERB thinking VERB about ADP it PRON and CCONJ it PRON upsets VERB you PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 If if SCONJ _ 6 haunts mark 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 memory det 3 memory memory NOUN Number=Sing 6 haunts nsubj 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 worry cc 5 worry worry NOUN Number=Sing 3 memory conj 6 haunts haunt VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 keep advcl 7 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 haunts obj 8 , , PUNCT _ 6 haunts punct 9 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 10 keep nsubj 10 keep keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 11 thinking think VERB VerbForm=Ger 10 keep xcomp 12 about about ADP _ 13 it case 13 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 thinking obl 14 and and CCONJ _ 16 upsets cc 15 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 16 upsets nsubj 16 upsets upset VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 keep conj 17 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 16 upsets obj 18 . . PUNCT _ 10 keep punct
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1 haunt a condition, not said to happen present a memory or worry you vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer 2 keep present you tree rules 3 think speech: other gerund you not said here about worry vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic 4 upset present worry you vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer
Meaning 3 To haunt a place means to go there very often.
mark csubj det obj mark xcomp advmod advmod advmod punct root To PART haunt VERB a DET place NOUN means VERB to PART go VERB there ADV very ADV often ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 haunt mark 2 haunt haunt VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 means csubj 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 place det 4 place place NOUN Number=Sing 2 haunt obj 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 to to PART _ 7 go mark 7 go go VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 means xcomp 8 there there ADV PronType=Dem 7 go advmod 9 very very ADV _ 10 often advmod 10 often often ADV _ 7 go advmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct
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1 haunt to-infinitive a place vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus place=Experiencer 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 go not said to happen to-infinitive there often property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Meaning 4 Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.
A haunt is a place someone visits often, like a favourite café.
det nsubj cop det nsubj acl:relcl advmod punct case det amod conj punct root A DET haunt NOUN is AUX a DET place NOUN someone PRON visits VERB often ADV , PUNCT like ADP a DET favourite ADJ café NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 haunt det 2 haunt haunt NOUN Number=Sing 5 place nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 place cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 place det 5 place place NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 7 visits nsubj 7 visits visit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 place acl:relcl 8 often often ADV _ 7 visits advmod 9 , , PUNCT _ 13 café punct 10 like like ADP _ 13 café case 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 café det 12 favourite favourite ADJ Degree=Pos 13 café amod 13 café café NOUN Number=Sing 5 place conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 5 place punct
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1 is a present a haunt a place and a favourite café tree rules 2 visit present someone a place and a favourite café not said here often property vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Co-Agent
Example 1 They say a ghost haunts the old castle.
nsubj det nsubj ccomp det amod obj punct root They PRON say VERB a DET ghost NOUN haunts VERB the DET old ADJ castle NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 say nsubj 2 say say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 ghost det 4 ghost ghost NOUN Number=Sing 5 haunts nsubj 5 haunts haunt VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 say ccomp 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 castle det 7 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 8 castle amod 8 castle castle NOUN Number=Sing 5 haunts obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 say punct
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1 say speech: assert present They vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 haunt present a ghost the old castle vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus castle=Experiencer
Example 2 We went to a haunted house at the fair.
nsubj case det amod obl case det obl punct root We PRON went VERB to ADP a DET haunted VERB house NOUN at ADP the DET fair NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 went nsubj 2 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to ADP _ 6 house case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 house det 5 haunted haunt VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 house amod 6 house house NOUN Number=Sing 2 went obl 7 at at ADP _ 9 fair case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 fair det 9 fair fair NOUN Number=Sing 2 went obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 went punct
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1 go past We the fair to a haunted house vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location 2 haunt participle vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
Example 3 The sad song haunted me for days.
det amod nsubj obj case obl punct root The DET sad ADJ song NOUN haunted VERB me PRON for ADP days NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 song det 2 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos 3 song amod 3 song song NOUN Number=Sing 4 haunted nsubj 4 haunted haunt VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 4 haunted obj 6 for for ADP _ 7 days case 7 days day NOUN Number=Plur 4 haunted obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 haunted punct
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1 haunt past the sad song me day vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer
Example 4 That silly mistake came back to haunt him.
det amod nsubj advmod mark advcl obj punct root That DET silly ADJ mistake NOUN came VERB back ADV to PART haunt VERB him PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 mistake det 2 silly silly ADJ Degree=Pos 3 mistake amod 3 mistake mistake NOUN Number=Sing 4 came nsubj 4 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 back back ADV _ 4 came advmod 6 to to PART _ 7 haunt mark 7 haunt haunt VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 came advcl 8 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 haunt obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 came punct
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1 come back past that silly mistake vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 haunt to-infinitive that silly mistake not said here mistake vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
Example 5 The park is our favourite haunt after school.
det nsubj cop nmod:poss amod case nmod punct root The DET park NOUN is AUX our PRON favourite ADJ haunt NOUN after ADP school NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 park det 2 park park NOUN Number=Sing 6 haunt nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 haunt cop 4 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 haunt nmod:poss 5 favourite favourite ADJ Degree=Pos 6 haunt amod 6 haunt haunt NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 after after ADP _ 8 school case 8 school school NOUN Number=Sing 6 haunt nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 haunt punct
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1 is a present the park our favourite haunt after school tree rules
Example 6 Pirates once haunted these seas.
nsubj advmod det obj punct root Pirates NOUN once ADV haunted VERB these DET seas NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pirates pirate NOUN Number=Plur 3 haunted nsubj 2 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 3 haunted advmod 3 haunted haunt VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 these this DET Number=Plur PronType=Dem 5 seas det 5 seas sea NOUN Number=Plur 3 haunted obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 haunted punct
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1 haunt past Pirates this seas once property vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sea=Experiencer
Example 7 The memory of the storm still haunts her.
det nsubj case det nmod advmod obj punct root The DET memory NOUN of ADP the DET storm NOUN still ADV haunts VERB her PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 memory det 2 memory memory NOUN Number=Sing 7 haunts nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 5 storm case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 storm det 5 storm storm NOUN Number=Sing 2 memory nmod 6 still still ADV _ 7 haunts advmod 7 haunts haunt VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 haunts obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 7 haunts punct
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1 haunt present the memory of the storm her = she still vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer
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