spectral

Who acts: Spectral, spectral figure · What happens: mean, drift, roar · To what, where: spectral herd, mist

«spectral» 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: spectral in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Spectral means like a ghost; pale, shadowy and unreal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spectral	spectral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 ghost	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ghost	det
5	ghost	ghost	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 pale	punct
7	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	parataxis
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 shadowy	punct
9	shadowy	shadowy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pale	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 unreal	cc
11	unreal	unreal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pale	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Spectral					like a ghost	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=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.

Example 1

A spectral figure drifted past her.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 figure	det
2	spectral	spectral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 figure	amod
3	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drifted	nsubj
4	drifted	drift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	past	past	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 drifted	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 drifted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drift	past	a spectral figure					past her = she	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past she=Trajectory

Example 2

The spectral herd roared in the mist.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 herd	det
2	spectral	spectral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 herd	amod
3	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	roared	roar	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 herd	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 mist	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mist	det
7	mist	mist	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 roared	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 herd	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roar	participle		the spectral herd not said here		the mist			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mist=Location

Example 3

The spectral city rose from the sea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rose	det
2	spectral	spectral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rose	amod
3	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rose	compound
4	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rose	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 rose	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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