terrific

Who acts: Terrific, We, lion, great bird · What happens: mean, cause, have, give, fly off · To what, where: great fear, fair, terrific roar

«terrific» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: terrific in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Terrific means very great or very large; in everyday talk, wonderful.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Terrific	Terrific	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 great	advmod
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 large	cc
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 large	advmod
7	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 great	conj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 talk	punct
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 talk	case
10	everyday	everyday	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 talk	amod
11	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 wonderful	punct
13	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 talk	amod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Terrific						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.

Meaning 2

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

Terrific means terrifying, causing great fear.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Terrific	Terrific	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	terrifying	terrifying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 causing	punct
5	causing	cause	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	advcl
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fear	amod
7	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 causing	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Terrific					terrifying property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	cause	gerund	Terrific not said here	great fear					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fear=Patient

Example 1

We had a terrific time at the fair.

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 time	det
4	terrific	terrific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 time	amod
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 fair	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fair	det
8	fair	fair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	We			the fair	time		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The lion gave a terrific roar.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lion	det
2	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 roar	det
5	terrific	terrific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 roar	amod
6	roar	roar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the lion	a terrific roar					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roar=Theme

Example 3

The great bird flew off at a terrific pace.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bird	det
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bird	amod
3	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flew	nsubj
4	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 flew	compound:prt
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 pace	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pace	det
8	terrific	terrific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 pace	amod
9	pace	pace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flew	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 flew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly off	past	the great bird					at a terrific pace	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent at pace=Location

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