petrifaction

Who acts: something, you, method, Fear · What happens: turn, be, not move, cause, petrify · To what, where: state, petrifaction, doorway

«petrifaction» 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: petrifaction in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The turning of something into stone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 turning	det
2	turning	turning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 something	case
4	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 turning	nmod
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 stone	case
6	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 something	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 turning	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn		something						nom turning «act intransitive»: of=agent

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

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

A state of being so frightened that you cannot move.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 state	det
2	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 frightened	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 frightened	case
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 frightened	cop
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 frightened	advmod
6	frightened	frightened	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 move	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 move	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 move	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 move	advmod
11	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 frightened	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 frightened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund · passive		a state				frightened property	tree rules
2	not move	can	you						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

The gorgon's method of petrifaction is strange.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gorgon	det
2	gorgon	gorgon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 method	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 gorgon	case
4	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 strange	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 petrifaction	case
6	petrifaction	petrifaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 method	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 strange	cop
8	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 strange	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the gorgon's method of petrifaction					strange property	tree rules

Example 2

Fear caused his petrifaction in the doorway.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caused	nsubj
2	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 petrifaction	nmod:poss
4	petrifaction	petrifaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caused	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 doorway	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 doorway	det
7	doorway	doorway	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caused	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 caused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past	Fear	Fear's petrifaction		the doorway			vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition petrifaction=Patient
2	petrify		Fear						nom petrifaction «process transitive»: poss=agent

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