incantation

Who acts: incantation, witch, He, floods · What happens: be, chant, speak, whisper, repeat, rise · To what, where: set, words, incantation, pot · Speech: someone speaks here

«incantation» 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: incantation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An incantation is a set of words chanted or spoken as a magic spell.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 incantation	det
2	incantation	incantation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 set	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 set	det
5	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 words	case
7	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 set	nmod
8	chanted	chant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 words	acl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 spoken	cc
10	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 chanted	conj
11	as	as	ADP	_	14 spell	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 spell	det
13	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 spell	amod
14	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 spoken	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 set	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a incantation	a set	of words	tree rules
2	chant	participle		words not said here		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	speak speech: other	participle			as a magic spell	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 whispered an incantation over the pot.

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 whispered	nsubj
3	whispered	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 incantation	det
5	incantation	incantation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 whispered	obj
6	over	over	ADP	_	8 pot	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pot	det
8	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 whispered	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 whispered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	past	the witch	a incantation		the pot			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incantation=Topic

Example 2

He repeated the incantation three times.

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 repeated	nsubj
2	repeated	repeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 incantation	det
4	incantation	incantation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repeated	obj
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 times	nummod
6	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 repeated	obl:unmarked
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 repeated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	past	He	the incantation			time		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incantation=Eventuality

Example 3

At the magician's incantation the floods rose like mountains.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	5 incantation	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 magician	det
3	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 incantation	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 magician	case
5	incantation	incantation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rose	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 floods	det
7	floods	flood	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 rose	nsubj
8	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	like	like	ADP	_	10 mountains	case
10	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 rose	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 rose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	past	the floods			the magician's incantation		like mountains	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at incantation=Location

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