sorcery

Who acts: Sorcery, strange things, old witch, villagers, one · What happens: be, make, happen, use, hide, fear · To what, where: use, sorcery, castle, stone, gold

«sorcery» 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: sorcery in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Sorcery is the use of magic spells and powers to make strange things happen.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sorcery	sorcery	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 use	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 use	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 use	det
4	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 spells	case
6	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spells	compound
7	spells	spell	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 use	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 powers	cc
9	powers	power	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 spells	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 make	mark
11	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 use	advcl
12	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 things	amod
13	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 happen	nsubj
14	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 make	ccomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Sorcery	the use	of magic spells and powers	tree rules
2	make	to-infinitive	Sorcery not said here			tree rules
3	happen	present	strange things			vn occur-48.3-1 «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.

Example 1

The old witch used her sorcery to hide the castle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 witch	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 witch	amod
3	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 used	nsubj
4	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sorcery	nmod:poss
6	sorcery	sorcery	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 used	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 hide	mark
8	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 used	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 castle	det
10	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hide	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	the old witch	witch's sorcery					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sorcery=Patient
2	hide	to-infinitive	the old witch not said here	the castle					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Patient

Example 2

The villagers feared the stranger's sorcery.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 villagers	det
2	villagers	villager	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 feared	nsubj
3	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stranger	det
5	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sorcery	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 stranger	case
7	sorcery	sorcery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feared	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 feared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	the villagers	the stranger's sorcery					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sorcery=Stimulus

Example 3

No one could explain the sorcery that turned the stone to gold.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 explain	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 explain	aux
4	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sorcery	det
6	sorcery	sorcery	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 explain	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 turned	nsubj
8	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sorcery	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stone	det
10	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 turned	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 gold	case
12	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 turned	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	could	no one	the sorcery					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sorcery=Topic
2	turn	past	the sorcery	the stone		gold			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent stone=Theme to gold=Trajectory

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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