perilous
Who acts: mere lad, Voyages · What happens: hurt, kill, not be, trust, be · To what, where: you, perilous journey
«perilous» 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: perilous in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Full of danger; likely to hurt or kill you.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 danger | case |
| 3 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Full | obl |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 likely | punct |
| 5 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Full | conj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 hurt | mark |
| 7 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 likely | xcomp |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 kill | cc |
| 9 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 hurt | conj |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 kill | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Full | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | to-infinitive | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | kill | infinitive | you | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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.
Example 1
A mere lad is not fit to be trusted on such a perilous journey.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 lad | det |
| 2 | mere | mere | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 lad | amod |
| 3 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fit | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fit | cop |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 fit | advmod |
| 6 | fit | fit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 trusted | mark |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 trusted | aux:pass |
| 9 | trusted | trust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 fit | xcomp |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 journey | case |
| 11 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 14 journey | det:predet |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 journey | det |
| 13 | perilous | perilous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 journey | amod |
| 14 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 trusted | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 fit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | a mere lad | fit property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | trust | to-infinitive · passive | a mere lad not said here | such perilous journey | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S» |
Example 2
Voyages at sea are perilous, with uncertain winds and waves.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Voyages | voyage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 perilous | nsubj |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 sea | case |
| 3 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Voyages | nmod |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 perilous | cop |
| 5 | perilous | perilous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 winds | punct |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 winds | case |
| 8 | uncertain | uncertain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 winds | amod |
| 9 | winds | wind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 perilous | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 waves | cc |
| 11 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 winds | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 perilous | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Voyages at sea | with uncertain winds and waves; perilous property | 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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