phantom
Who acts: ghost, prince, phantom · What happens: seem, appear, vanish, be, not be, chase · To what, where: phantom
«phantom» 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: phantom in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A ghost or spirit that seems to appear and then vanish.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 ghost | det |
| 2 | ghost | ghost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 seems | nsubj |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 spirit | cc |
| 4 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ghost | conj |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 seems | nsubj |
| 6 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 appear | mark |
| 8 | appear | appear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 seems | xcomp |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 vanish | cc |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 vanish | advmod |
| 11 | vanish | vanish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 appear | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 seems | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seem | present | a ghost or spirit | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | appear | to-infinitive | a ghost or spirit not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | vanish | infinitive | a ghost or spirit not said here | then | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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
Something that seems to be there but is not real.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 seems | nsubj |
| 3 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Something | acl:relcl |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 there | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 there | cop |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 seems | xcomp |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 real | cc |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 real | cop |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 real | advmod |
| 10 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 seems | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Something | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seem | present | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | there property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | not is | present | real property | tree rules |
Example 1
A phantom rode across the marsh.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 rode | det |
| 2 | phantom | phantom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rode | compound |
| 3 | rode | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | across | across | ADP | _ | 6 marsh | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 marsh | det |
| 6 | marsh | marsh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rode | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 rode | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 2
The prince chased a phantom all day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chased | nsubj |
| 3 | chased | chase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 phantom | det |
| 5 | phantom | phantom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chased | obj |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chased | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 chased | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chase | past | the prince | a phantom | day | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phantom=Theme |
Example 3
The phantom vanished at dawn.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 phantom | det |
| 2 | phantom | phantom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 vanished | nsubj |
| 3 | vanished | vanish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 dawn | case |
| 5 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 vanished | obl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 vanished | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vanish | past | the phantom | dawn | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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