perchance
Who acts: he · What happens: frighten, think · To what, where: lord
«perchance» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: perchance in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Perhaps; possibly, by chance.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perhaps | perhaps | ADV | _ | 6 chance | advmod |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Perhaps | punct |
| 3 | possibly | possibly | ADV | _ | 6 chance | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 chance | punct |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 chance | case |
| 6 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 chance | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
Well, my lord King, were you frightened, perchance?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Well | well | INTJ | _ | 9 frightened | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Well | punct |
| 3 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 lord | nmod:poss |
| 4 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 frightened | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 lord | appos |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 lord | punct |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 frightened | aux:pass |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 frightened | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 perchance | punct |
| 11 | perchance | perchance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 frightened | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 frightened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frighten | past · passive | my lord | perchance obl | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
Example 2
Was he thinking, perchance, of his fair young wife?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 thinking | aux |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 thinking | nsubj |
| 3 | thinking | think | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 perchance | punct |
| 5 | perchance | perchance | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 thinking | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 wife | punct |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 wife | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 wife | nmod:poss |
| 9 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 wife | amod |
| 10 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 wife | amod |
| 11 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 perchance | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 thinking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past · progressive | he | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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