terrifying

Who acts: Terrifying, you, roller coaster, terrifying roar, storm, It · What happens: mean, make, feel, worry, amount, be · To what, where: you, scary way, homework, cave, crowd, terrifying noise

«terrifying» 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: terrifying in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Terrifying means making you feel extremely frightened.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Terrifying	terrifying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 making	obj
5	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 making	xcomp
6	extremely	extremely	ADV	_	7 frightened	advmod
7	frightened	frightened	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feel	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Terrifying			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	make not said to happen	gerund	Terrifying not said here	you		tree rules
3	feel not said to happen	infinitive	you not said here		frightened property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Terrifying can also mean very worrying or amazing in a scary way, as in «a terrifying amount of homework».

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Terrifying	terrifying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mean	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	also	also	ADV	_	4 mean	advmod
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 worrying	advmod
6	worrying	worry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 mean	xcomp
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 amazing	cc
8	amazing	amazing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 worrying	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 way	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 way	det
11	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 way	amod
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 worrying	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 amount	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 amount	mark
15	in	in	ADP	_	19 amount	case
16	«	«	PUNCT	_	19 amount	punct
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 amount	det
18	terrifying	terrifying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 amount	amod
19	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 worrying	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 homework	case
21	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 amount	nmod
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 amount	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	can	Terrifying				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	worry not said to happen	gerund	Terrifying not said here		a scary way	in a terrifying amount of homework	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	amount in a quote			homework			nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

The roller coaster was terrifying!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 coaster	det
2	roller	roller	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 coaster	compound
3	coaster	coaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 terrifying	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 terrifying	cop
5	terrifying	terrifying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 terrifying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the roller coaster					terrifying property	tree rules

Example 2

A terrifying roar came from the cave.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 roar	det
2	terrifying	terrifying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 roar	amod
3	roar	roar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 cave	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cave	det
7	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	a terrifying roar			the cave			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from cave=Initial_Location

Example 3

Being lost in the crowd was terrifying for the little boy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 lost	aux:pass
2	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 terrifying	csubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 crowd	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 crowd	det
5	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obl
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 terrifying	cop
7	terrifying	terrifying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 boy	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 boy	det
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 boy	amod
11	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 terrifying	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 terrifying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	gerund · passive				the crowd			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: in crowd=Eventuality
2	is	past						for the little boy; terrifying property	tree rules

Example 4

The storm made a terrifying noise.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the storm	a terrifying noise					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product

Example 5

It's terrifying how fast the summer goes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 terrifying	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 terrifying	cop
3	terrifying	terrifying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 fast	advmod
5	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 goes	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 summer	det
7	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 goes	nsubj
8	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 terrifying	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 terrifying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					terrifying property	tree rules
2	go	present	the summer					fast property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

The film had one terrifying scene with a shark.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 film	det
2	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 scene	nummod
5	terrifying	terrifying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 scene	amod
6	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 shark	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 shark	det
9	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scene	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the film	one terrifying scene				with a shark	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scene=Patient

Example 7

Standing on the high diving board was terrifying.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 terrifying	csubj
2	on	on	ADP	_	6 board	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 board	det
4	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 board	amod
5	diving	diving	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 board	compound
6	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Standing	obl
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 terrifying	cop
8	terrifying	terrifying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 terrifying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	gerund				the high diving board			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on board=Location
2	is	past	Standing					terrifying property	tree rules

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