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madness

Who acts: madness, dogs, It, shops, waves, method · What happens: be, spread, swim, shout, rise, work · To what, where: name, old tales, madness, storm, madness cycle, motorway · Speech: someone speaks here

«madness» in the school dictionary: its 5 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: madness in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Very foolish or dangerous behaviour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 foolish	advmod
2	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 behaviour	cc
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 behaviour	amod
5	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 foolish	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 foolish	punct

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

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

It would be madness to swim in that storm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 madness	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 madness	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 madness	cop
4	madness	madness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 swim	mark
6	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 madness	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 storm	case
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 storm	det
9	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swim	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 madness	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	would	It	madness					tree rules
2	swim	to-infinitive				that storm			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in storm=Trajectory

Meaning 2

Usage: old-fashioned — kept apart, not parsed.

Serious mental illness.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 illness	amod
2	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 illness	amod
3	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 illness	punct

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

Meaning 3

Wild excitement or confusion: the madness of the January sales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 excitement	amod
2	excitement	excitement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 confusion	cc
4	confusion	confusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 excitement	conj
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 madness	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 madness	det
7	madness	madness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 excitement	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 sales	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sales	det
10	January	January	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 sales	compound
11	sales	sale	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 madness	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 excitement	punct

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

Meaning 4

Great anger (old use).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 anger	amod
2	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 use	punct
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 use	amod
5	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 anger	appos
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 use	punct
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 anger	punct

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

Meaning 5

In old tales, madness can also be a name for rabies, a deadly illness of dogs that can spread to people.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 tales	case
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tales	amod
3	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 name	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 tales	punct
5	madness	madness	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 name	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 name	aux
7	also	also	ADV	_	10 name	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 name	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 name	det
10	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 rabies	case
12	rabies	rabies	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 name	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 illness	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 illness	det
15	deadly	deadly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 illness	amod
16	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 name	appos
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 dogs	case
18	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 illness	nmod
19	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 spread	nsubj
20	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 spread	aux
21	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 dogs	acl:relcl
22	to	to	ADP	_	23 people	case
23	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 spread	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 name	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can	madness	a name		old tales		for rabies	tree rules
2	spread	can	dogs					to people	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

It's madness to cycle on the motorway.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cycle	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cycle	cop
3	madness	madness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cycle	compound
4	to	to	PART	_	5 cycle	mark
5	cycle	cycle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 motorway	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 motorway	det
8	motorway	motorway	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cycle	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 cycle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	madness cycle		the motorway			tree rules

Example 2

The shops were pure madness before the holidays.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shops	det
2	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 madness	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 madness	cop
4	pure	pure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 madness	amod
5	madness	madness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	before	before	ADP	_	8 holidays	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 holidays	det
8	holidays	holiday	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 madness	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 madness	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the shops	pure madness			before the holidays		tree rules

Example 3

«This is madness!» shouted the captain as the waves rose.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 madness	punct
2	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 madness	det
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 madness	cop
4	madness	madness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shouted	nsubj
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 madness	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 madness	punct
7	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 captain	det
9	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shouted	obj
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 rose	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 waves	det
12	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 rose	nsubj
13	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 shouted	advcl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 shouted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present		this madness					tree rules
2	shout speech: express	past	this madness	the captain					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent captain=Topic
3	rise	past	the waves						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

There's method in his madness — his odd plan worked.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 's	expl
2	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 's	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 madness	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 madness	nmod:poss
6	madness	madness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 's	obl
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	11 worked	punct
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 plan	nmod:poss
9	odd	odd	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 plan	amod
10	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 worked	nsubj
11	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 madness	acl:relcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 's	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	method			method's madness; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in madness=Location
2	work	past	method's odd plan	method's madness not said here					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent madness=Material
3	plan		method						nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 5

The madness of the crowd scared the little boy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 madness	det
2	madness	madness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scared	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 crowd	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 crowd	det
5	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 madness	nmod
6	scared	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boy	det
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 boy	amod
9	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scared	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 scared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scare	past	the madness of the crowd	the little boy					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus boy=Experiencer

Example 6

Leaving the gate open with the dog outside was madness.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leaving	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 madness	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 gate	det
3	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leaving	obj
4	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Leaving	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 dog	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leaving	obl
8	outside	outside	ADV	_	1 Leaving	advmod
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 madness	cop
10	madness	madness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 madness	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	gerund		the gate				with the dog; open, outside property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent gate=Recipient with dog=Theme
2	is a	past	Leaving	madness					tree rules

Example 7

We call it hydrophobia, but they call it dewanee--the madness--and run.

The tree, 13 words

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 call	nsubj
2	call	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 call	obj
4	hydrophobia	hydrophobia	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 call	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 call	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 call	cc
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 call	nsubj
8	call	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 call	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 call	obj
10	dewanee	dewanee	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 call	xcomp
11	--	--	PUNCT	_	13 madness	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 madness	det
13	madness	madness	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dewanee	conj
14	--	--	PUNCT	_	16 run	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 run	cc
16	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 call	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present	We	it					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
2	call	present	they	hydrophobia					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
3	run	infinitive	We not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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