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menace

Who acts: menace, person, wolf, He, giant · What happens: be, menace, speak · To what, where: threat, person, menace, voice, children · Speech: someone speaks here

«menace» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: menace in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A menace is a threat of harm or danger.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 menace	det
2	menace	menace	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 threat	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 threat	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 threat	det
5	threat	threat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 harm	case
7	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 threat	nmod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 danger	cc
9	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 harm	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 threat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a menace	a threat				of harm or danger	tree rules

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

A menace is also a person or thing that is dangerous or annoying.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 menace	det
2	menace	menace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 person	cop
4	also	also	ADV	_	6 person	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 thing	cc
8	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 person	conj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 dangerous	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 dangerous	cop
11	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 person	acl:relcl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 annoying	cc
13	annoying	annoying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 dangerous	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a menace	a person or thing					tree rules
2	is	present	a person or thing					dangerous property	tree rules
3	be		a person or thing not said here						tree rules

Meaning 3

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To menace is to threaten someone with harm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 menace	mark
2	menace	menace	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 threaten	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 threaten	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 threaten	mark
5	threaten	threaten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 threaten	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 harm	case
8	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 someone	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 threaten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	menace	to-infinitive							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present						threaten property	tree rules

Example 1

The wolf was a menace to the village.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 menace	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 menace	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 menace	det
5	menace	menace	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 village	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 village	det
8	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 menace	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 menace	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the wolf	a menace				to the village	tree rules

Example 2

He spoke with a menace in his voice.

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 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 menace	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 menace	det
5	menace	menace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spoke	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 voice	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 voice	nmod:poss
8	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spoke	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 spoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	He			his voice		with a menace	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with menace=Co-Agent

Example 3

The giant menaced the children with his club.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 giant	det
2	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 menaced	nsubj
3	menaced	menace	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 children	det
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 menaced	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 club	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 club	nmod:poss
8	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 menaced	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 menaced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	menace	past	the giant	the children				with giant's club	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer

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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