strangeness
Who acts: Strangeness, She, They, their · What happens: be, frighten, notice, wonder, task, make · To what, where: quality, them, strangeness, prince
«strangeness» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: strangeness in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Strangeness is the quality of being odd, unusual or unlike what is normal.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strangeness | strangeness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 quality | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 quality | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 quality | det |
| 4 | quality | quality | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 odd | case |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 odd | cop |
| 7 | odd | odd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 quality | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 unusual | punct |
| 9 | unusual | unusual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 odd | conj |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 normal | cc |
| 11 | unlike | unlike | ADP | _ | 12 what | case |
| 12 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 14 normal | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 normal | cop |
| 14 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 odd | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 quality | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Strangeness | the quality | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | odd property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | be | tree rules | |||||||
| 4 | is | present | normal property | tree rules |
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 strangeness of the empty house frightened them.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 strangeness | det |
| 2 | strangeness | strangeness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 frightened | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 house | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 house | det |
| 5 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 house | amod |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 strangeness | nmod |
| 7 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 frightened | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 frightened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frighten | past | the strangeness of the empty house | them = they | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |
Example 2
She noticed the strangeness of the old man's eyes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 noticed | nsubj |
| 2 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 strangeness | det |
| 4 | strangeness | strangeness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 noticed | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 eyes | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 man | det |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 man | amod |
| 8 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 man | case |
| 10 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 strangeness | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 noticed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | past | She | the strangeness of the old man's eyes | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer strangeness=Stimulus |
Example 3
They wondered at the strangeness of their task.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wondered | nsubj |
| 2 | wondered | wonder | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 strangeness | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 strangeness | det |
| 5 | strangeness | strangeness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wondered | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 task | case |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 task | nmod:poss |
| 8 | task | task | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 strangeness | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wondered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wonder speech: ask | past | They | the strangeness of their task | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | task | their = they | nom task «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Example 4
The strangeness of the beast made the prince afraid.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 strangeness | det |
| 2 | strangeness | strangeness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 made | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 beast | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 beast | det |
| 5 | beast | beast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 strangeness | nmod |
| 6 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 prince | det |
| 8 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 made | obj |
| 9 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 made | xcomp |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the strangeness of the beast | the prince | afraid property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset prince=Product |
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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