heighten

Who acts: creaking door, our, Music, Police, Eating, poster · What happens: make, increase, heighten, creak, fear, be · To what, where: feeling, something, heightened security, fear, excitement, heightened alert

«heighten» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: heighten in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To make a feeling, effect or danger stronger or greater.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 feeling	det
4	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 effect	punct
6	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feeling	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 danger	cc
8	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feeling	conj
9	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 make	xcomp
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 greater	cc
11	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 stronger	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		a feeling and effect or danger				strong property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset feeling=Product

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

To make something higher or taller (rare in everyday talk).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 make	obj
4	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 something	amod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 taller	cc
6	taller	tall	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 higher	conj
7	(	(	PUNCT	_	8 rare	punct
8	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 higher	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 talk	case
10	everyday	everyday	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 talk	amod
11	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rare	obl
12	)	)	PUNCT	_	8 rare	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		something					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product

Meaning 3

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To increase, as in «heightened security» or «heightened risk».

The tree, 9 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 increase	mark
2	increase	increase	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 security	punct
4	as	as	ADP	_	8 security	case
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 security	case
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 security	punct
7	heightened	heighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 security	amod
8	security	security	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 increase	obj
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 security	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 risk	cc
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 risk	punct
12	heightened	heighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 risk	amod
13	risk	risk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 security	conj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 risk	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 increase	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	increase	to-infinitive	heightened security or heightened risk	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer security=Patient
2	heighten in a quote	participle		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	heighten in a quote	participle		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 1

The creaking door heightened our fear.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 door	det
2	creaking	creak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 door	amod
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heightened	nsubj
4	heightened	heighten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 fear	nmod:poss
6	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heightened	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 heightened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	creak	gerund			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	heighten	past	the creaking door	our fear	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fear=Patient
3	fear		our		nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

Music in a film can heighten the excitement.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 heighten	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 film	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 film	det
4	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Music	nmod
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 heighten	aux
6	heighten	heighten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 excitement	det
8	excitement	excitement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 heighten	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 heighten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heighten	can	Music in a film	the excitement					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent excitement=Patient

Example 3

Police were on heightened alert after the storm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 alert	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 alert	cop
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 alert	case
4	heightened	heighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 alert	amod
5	alert	alert	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 storm	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 storm	det
8	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 alert	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 alert	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heighten	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is	past	Police			heightened alert	after the storm		tree rules

Example 4

Eating sugar before bed may heighten a child's energy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 heighten	csubj
2	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Eating	obj
3	before	before	ADP	_	4 bed	case
4	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Eating	obl
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 heighten	aux
6	heighten	heighten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 energy	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 child	case
10	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 heighten	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 heighten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	gerund		sugar			before bed		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Patient
2	heighten	may	Eating	a child's energy					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent energy=Patient

Example 5

The poster aims to heighten awareness of road safety.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 poster	det
2	poster	poster	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 aims	nsubj
3	aims	aim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 heighten	mark
5	heighten	heighten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 aims	xcomp
6	awareness	awareness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heighten	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 safety	case
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 safety	compound
9	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 awareness	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 aims	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	aim	present	the poster						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	heighten not said to happen	to-infinitive	the poster not said here	awareness of road safety					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent awareness=Patient

Example 6

Her senses were heightened in the dark forest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 senses	nmod:poss
2	senses	sens	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 heightened	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 heightened	aux:pass
4	heightened	heighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 forest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 forest	det
7	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 forest	amod
8	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heightened	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 heightened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heighten	past · passive		Her senses		the dark forest			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Example 7

Builders heightened the wall to keep the goats in.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Builders	builder	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 heightened	nsubj
2	heightened	heighten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wall	det
4	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heightened	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 keep	mark
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 heightened	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 goats	det
8	goats	goat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 keep	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	6 keep	compound:prt
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 heightened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heighten	past	Builders	the wall					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wall=Patient
2	keep in	to-infinitive	Builders not said here	the goats					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Theme

Example 8

The close score heightened the tension in the last minute.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 score	det
2	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 score	amod
3	score	score	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heightened	nsubj
4	heightened	heighten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tension	det
6	tension	tension	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heightened	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 minute	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 minute	det
9	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 minute	amod
10	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heightened	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 heightened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heighten	past	the close score	the tension			minute		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tension=Patient

Example 9

The clay itself seemed inspired since she had been there, and moulded itself, in heightened beauty, to a likeness of the well-known features.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 clay	det
2	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 inspired	nsubj:pass
3	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	2 clay	nmod:unmarked
4	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 inspired	aux:pass
5	inspired	inspire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	since	since	SCONJ	_	10 there	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 there	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 there	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 there	cop
10	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 inspired	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 moulded	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 moulded	cc
13	moulded	mould	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 inspired	conj
14	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	13 moulded	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 beauty	punct
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 beauty	case
17	heightened	heighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 beauty	amod
18	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 moulded	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 likeness	punct
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 likeness	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 likeness	det
22	likeness	likeness	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 moulded	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	28 features	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 features	det
25	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	27 known	advmod
26	-	-	PUNCT	_	25 well	punct
27	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 features	amod
28	features	feature	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 likeness	nmod
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 inspired	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	inspire	past · passive		the clay clay			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	is	past · perfect	she			there property	tree rules
3	mould	past		clay	heightened beauty	to a likeness of the known features	tree rules
4	heighten	participle					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
5	know	participle				well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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