sorceress

Who acts: sorceress, woman, frog, Munchkins, witches, Boq · What happens: be, use, wave, become, bow, wear · To what, where: woman, magic, wand, prince · Speech: someone speaks here

«sorceress» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: sorceress in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A sorceress is a woman who uses magic, often for evil purposes; a female sorcerer.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sorceress	det
2	sorceress	sorceress	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 woman	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 woman	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 woman	det
5	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 uses	nsubj
7	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 woman	acl:relcl
8	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 uses	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 purposes	punct
10	often	often	ADV	_	13 purposes	advmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 purposes	case
12	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 purposes	amod
13	purposes	purpose	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 uses	obl
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 sorcerer	punct
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 sorcerer	det
16	female	female	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 sorcerer	amod
17	sorcerer	sorcerer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 woman	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 woman	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a sorceress	a woman and a female sorcerer					tree rules
2	use	present	a woman and a female sorcerer	magic				for evil purposes	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent magic=Theme for purpose=Eventuality

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

The sorceress waved her wand and the frog became a prince.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sorceress	det
2	sorceress	sorceress	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waved	nsubj
3	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 wand	nmod:poss
5	wand	wand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waved	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 became	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 frog	det
8	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 became	nsubj
9	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 waved	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 prince	det
11	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 became	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 waved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	past	the sorceress	sorceress's wand					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wand=Patient
2	become	past	the frog	a prince					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Example 2

The Munchkins bowed to the good sorceress.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Munchkins	det
2	Munchkins	munchkin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bowed	nsubj
3	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 sorceress	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sorceress	det
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sorceress	amod
7	sorceress	sorceress	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bowed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	past	the Munchkins					to the good sorceress	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to sorceress=Theme

Example 3

Only witches and sorceresses wear white, Boq said.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 witches	advmod
2	witches	witch	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wear	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 sorceresses	cc
4	sorceresses	sorceress	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 witches	conj
5	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wear	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
8	Boq	Boq	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 wear	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 wear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present	witches and sorceresses					white property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	Boq						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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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