imprecation
Who acts: imprecation, angry wish, witch, king, Her · What happens: be, happen, shout, call down, hear, imprecate · To what, where: curse, imprecation, thief, solemn imprecations, imprecations, valley
«imprecation» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: imprecation in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
An imprecation is a curse, an angry wish that bad things will happen to someone.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 imprecation | det |
| 2 | imprecation | imprecation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 curse | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 curse | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 curse | det |
| 5 | curse | curse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 wish | punct |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 wish | det |
| 8 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 wish | amod |
| 9 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 curse | appos |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 happen | nsubj |
| 11 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 things | amod |
| 12 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 happen | nsubj |
| 13 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 happen | aux |
| 14 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 wish | acl:relcl |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 someone | case |
| 16 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 14 happen | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 curse | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a imprecation | a curse | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | happen | future | a angry wish | to someone | vn occur-48.3-1 «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.
Example 1
The witch shouted an imprecation at the thief.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 witch | det |
| 2 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shouted | nsubj |
| 3 | shouted | shout | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 imprecation | det |
| 5 | imprecation | imprecation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shouted | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 thief | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 thief | det |
| 8 | thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shouted | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shouted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | past | the witch | a imprecation | the thief | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent imprecation=Topic |
Example 2
The king called down solemn imprecations on the murderer.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 king | acl |
| 4 | down | down | ADP | _ | 3 called | compound:prt |
| 5 | solemn | solemn | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 imprecations | amod |
| 6 | imprecations | imprecation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 called | xcomp |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 murderer | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 murderer | det |
| 9 | murderer | murderer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 imprecations | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 king | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call down speech: assert | participle | the king not said here | solemn imprecations on the murderer | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
Her imprecations could be heard across the valley.
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 imprecations | nmod:poss |
| 2 | imprecations | imprecation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 heard | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 heard | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 heard | aux:pass |
| 5 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | across | across | ADP | _ | 8 valley | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 valley | det |
| 8 | valley | valley | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 heard | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 heard | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | could · passive | Her imprecations | the valley | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | imprecate | Her = she | nom imprecation «communication transitive»: poss=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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