malignant
Who acts: Malignant, illness, kind fairy, witch · What happens: mean, wish, grow, destroy, be · To what, where: evil, harm, illness, malignant witch
«malignant» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 2 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: malignant in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Malignant means evil and wishing harm to others.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malignant | malignant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | evil | evil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 wishing | cc |
| 5 | wishing | wish | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 evil | conj |
| 6 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wishing | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 others | case |
| 8 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 wishing | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Malignant | evil | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evil=Topic | ||||
| 2 | wish | gerund | Malignant not said here | harm | to others | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot harm=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
Malignant also means an illness that is growing and dangerous, such as a cancer. Old use in the first sense.
Sentence 1: Malignant also means an illness that is growing and dangerous, such as a cancer.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malignant | malignant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 means | nsubj |
| 2 | also | also | ADV | _ | 3 means | advmod |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 illness | det |
| 5 | illness | illness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 means | obj |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 growing | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 growing | aux |
| 8 | growing | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 illness | acl:relcl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 dangerous | cc |
| 10 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 growing | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 cancer | punct |
| 12 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 15 cancer | case |
| 13 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 such | fixed |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 cancer | det |
| 15 | cancer | cancer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 illness | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Malignant | a illness and a cancer | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent illness=Topic | ||||
| 2 | grow | present · progressive | a illness and a cancer | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Sentence 2: Old use in the first sense.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 use | amod |
| 2 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 sense | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sense | det |
| 5 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 sense | amod |
| 6 | sense | sense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 use | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 use | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
In one of the stories a malignant witch is destroyed by a kind fairy.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 one | case |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 stories | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 stories | det |
| 5 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 one | nmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 witch | det |
| 7 | malignant | malignant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 witch | amod |
| 8 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 destroyed | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 destroyed | aux:pass |
| 10 | destroyed | destroy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 stories | acl:relcl |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 fairy | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 fairy | det |
| 13 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 fairy | amod |
| 14 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 destroyed | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 one | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | destroy | present · passive | a kind fairy | a malignant witch | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
Example 2
The witch was malignant and cruel.
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 | 4 malignant | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 malignant | cop |
| 4 | malignant | malignant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 cruel | cc |
| 6 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 malignant | conj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 malignant | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the witch | malignant property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the witch not said here | tree rules |
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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