masquerade
Who acts: masquerade, people, figures, good folks · What happens: be, wear, masquerade, return, come · To what, where: party, masks, someone, masquerade, thief
«masquerade» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: masquerade in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A masquerade is a party where people wear masks and costumes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 masquerade | det |
| 2 | masquerade | masquerade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 party | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 party | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 party | det |
| 5 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 8 wear | advmod |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 wear | nsubj |
| 8 | wear | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 party | acl:relcl |
| 9 | masks | mask | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 wear | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 costumes | cc |
| 11 | costumes | costume | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 masks | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 party | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a masquerade | a party | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | wear | present | people | masks and costumes | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent mask=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
To masquerade is to pretend to be someone you are not.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 masquerade | mark |
| 2 | masquerade | masquerade | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 pretend | csubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 pretend | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 pretend | mark |
| 5 | pretend | pretend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 someone | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 someone | cop |
| 8 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 pretend | xcomp |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 are | nsubj |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 someone | acl:relcl |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 are | advmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 pretend | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | masquerade | to-infinitive | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | pretend property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | is a | to-infinitive | someone | tree rules |
Example 1
What odd figures! They must be returning from some masquerade.
Sentence 1: What odd figures!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | odd | odd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 figures | amod |
| 3 | figures | figure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 What | nsubj |
| 4 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: They must be returning from some masquerade.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 returning | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 returning | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 returning | aux |
| 4 | returning | return | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 masquerade | case |
| 6 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 masquerade | det |
| 7 | masquerade | masquerade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 returning | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 returning | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | must · progressive | figures = figure | some masquerade | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from masquerade=Initial_Location |
Example 2
The good folks come probably from a masquerade!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 folks | det |
| 2 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 folks | amod |
| 3 | folks | folk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 come | nsubj |
| 4 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 4 come | advmod |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 masquerade | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 masquerade | det |
| 8 | masquerade | masquerade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 come | obl |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 come | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | the good folks | a masquerade | probably property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from masquerade=Initial_Location |
Example 3
The thief masqueraded as a doctor.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 thief | det |
| 2 | thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | masqueraded | masquerade | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 thief | acl |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 doctor | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 doctor | det |
| 6 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 masqueraded | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 thief | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | masquerade | participle | the thief not said here | as a doctor | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as doctor=Attribute |
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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