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spellbound

Who acts: storyteller, We, fireworks, magician, audience, strange music · What happens: not look away, think, hold, spellbind, speak, watch · To what, where: fairy tales, children, Rat, princess, tale, I · Speech: someone speaks here

«spellbound» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: spellbound in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

So interested or amazed by something that you cannot look away or think of anything else.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	2 interested	advmod
2	interested	interested	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 amazed	cc
4	amazed	amazed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 interested	conj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 something	case
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 interested	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 look	nsubj
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 look	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 look	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 look	advmod
11	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 something	acl:relcl
12	away	away	ADV	_	11 look	advmod
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 think	cc
14	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 look	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 anything	case
16	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 think	obl
17	else	else	ADV	_	16 anything	advmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 interested	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not look away	can						away property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	think speech: other	infinitive						of anything	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: 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.

Meaning 2

In fairy tales: held under a magic spell.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 tales	case
2	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tales	compound
3	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 held	obl
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 held	punct
5	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	under	under	ADP	_	9 spell	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 spell	det
8	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 spell	amod
9	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 held	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 held	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	participle				fairy tales		under a magic spell	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tale=Location

Example 1

The children sat spellbound as the storyteller spoke.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 children	det
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 spellbound	nsubj:pass
3	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 spellbound	aux:pass
4	spellbound	spellbind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 spoke	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 storyteller	det
7	storyteller	storyteller	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spoke	nsubj
8	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 spellbound	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 spellbound	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spellbind	past · passive		the children					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	speak speech: other	past	the storyteller						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

We watched the fireworks spellbound.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 watched	nsubj
2	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fireworks	det
4	fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spellbound	nsubj
5	spellbound	spellbind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 watched	ccomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 watched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	past	We						tree rules
2	spellbind	past	the fireworks						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Example 3

The magician held the audience spellbound.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 magician	det
2	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 held	nsubj
3	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 audience	det
5	audience	audience	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spellbound	nsubj
6	spellbound	spellbind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 held	ccomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 held	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	the magician						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	spellbind	past	the audience						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Example 4

Rat and Mole stood spellbound by the strange music.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 spellbound	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 Mole	cc
3	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Rat	conj
4	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 spellbound	aux:pass
5	spellbound	spellbind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 music	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 music	det
8	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 music	amod
9	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spellbound	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 spellbound	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spellbind	past · passive	the strange music	Rat and Mole					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

Example 5

In the tale, the princess was spellbound for a hundred years.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 tale	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tale	det
3	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spellbound	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 tale	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spellbound	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 spellbound	aux:pass
8	spellbound	spellbind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 years	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 hundred	det
11	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 years	nummod
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 spellbound	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 spellbound	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spellbind	past · passive		the princess		the tale	year		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Example 6

I was spellbound by the whale swimming beside the boat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 spellbound	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 spellbound	aux:pass
3	spellbound	spellbind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 whale	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 whale	det
6	whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spellbound	obl
7	swimming	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 whale	acl
8	beside	beside	ADP	_	10 boat	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boat	det
10	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 swimming	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spellbound	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spellbind	past · passive	the whale	I					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
2	swim	gerund	the whale not said here			the boat			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside boat=Trajectory

Example 7

At last the King came himself, and he likewise was spellbound by the beauty of the music.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	4 King	case
2	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 King	amod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 came	obl
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 came	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 spellbound	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 spellbound	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 spellbound	nsubj
10	likewise	likewise	ADV	_	12 spellbound	advmod
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 spellbound	aux:pass
12	spellbound	spellbind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 came	conj
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 beauty	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 beauty	det
15	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 spellbound	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 music	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 music	det
18	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 beauty	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past		King				at the last King	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location himself=Theme
2	spellbind	past · passive	the beauty of the music	King				likewise property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

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