terror Who acts: They, toddler, mouse, She, storm, news · What happens: cause, use, frighten, scream, be, freeze · To what, where: great fear, Violence, people, terror, little terror, cat
«terror» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: terror in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Very great fear.
advmod amod punct root Very ADV great ADJ fear NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Very very ADV _ 2 great advmod 2 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 3 fear amod 3 fear fear NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 . . PUNCT _ 3 fear punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:
They screamed in terror.
nsubj case obl punct root They PRON screamed VERB in ADP terror NOUN . PUNCT 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 screamed nsubj 2 screamed scream VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 in in ADP _ 4 terror case 4 terror terror NOUN Number=Sing 2 screamed obl 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 screamed punct
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1 scream speech: express past They terror vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in terror=Location
Meaning 2 Something or someone that causes great fear.
cc conj nsubj acl:relcl amod obj punct root Something PRON or CCONJ someone PRON that PRON causes VERB great ADJ fear NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind root root 2 or or CCONJ _ 3 someone cc 3 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 1 Something conj 4 that that PRON PronType=Rel 5 causes nsubj 5 causes cause VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 someone acl:relcl 6 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 7 fear amod 7 fear fear NOUN Number=Sing 5 causes obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 1 Something punct
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1 cause present great fear vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fear=Patient
Meaning 3 Violence used to frighten people, usually for political aims (terrorism): a terror attack.
The tree, 13 words acl mark advcl obj punct advmod case amod obl punct appos punct punct det compound conj punct root Violence NOUN used VERB to PART frighten VERB people NOUN , PUNCT usually ADV for ADP political ADJ aims NOUN ( PUNCT terrorism NOUN ) PUNCT : PUNCT a DET terror NOUN attack NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Violence violence NOUN Number=Sing root root 2 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Violence acl 3 to to PART _ 4 frighten mark 4 frighten frighten VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 used advcl 5 people people NOUN Number=Plur 4 frighten obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 aims punct 7 usually usually ADV _ 10 aims advmod 8 for for ADP _ 10 aims case 9 political political ADJ Degree=Pos 10 aims amod 10 aims aim NOUN Number=Plur 4 frighten obl 11 ( ( PUNCT _ 12 terrorism punct 12 terrorism terrorism NOUN Number=Sing 10 aims appos 13 ) ) PUNCT _ 12 terrorism punct 14 : : PUNCT _ 17 attack punct 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 17 attack det 16 terror terror NOUN Number=Sing 17 attack compound 17 attack attack NOUN Number=Sing 1 Violence conj 18 . . PUNCT _ 1 Violence punct
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1 use participle Violence and a terror attack not said here vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 frighten to-infinitive people for political aims vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer
Meaning 4 Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.
A naughty, wild child.
det amod punct amod punct root A DET naughty ADJ , PUNCT wild ADJ child NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 child det 2 naughty naughty ADJ Degree=Pos 5 child amod 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 naughty punct 4 wild wild ADJ Degree=Pos 5 child amod 5 child child NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 child punct
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The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:
Their toddler is a little terror!
nmod:poss nsubj cop det amod punct root Their PRON toddler NOUN is AUX a DET little ADJ terror NOUN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 toddler nmod:poss 2 toddler toddler NOUN Number=Sing 6 terror nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 terror cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 terror det 5 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 6 terror amod 6 terror terror NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 ! ! PUNCT _ 6 terror punct
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1 is a present Their toddler a little terror tree rules
Example 1 The mouse froze in terror when it saw the cat.
det nsubj case obl advmod nsubj advcl det obj punct root The DET mouse NOUN froze VERB in ADP terror NOUN when ADV it PRON saw VERB the DET cat NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 mouse det 2 mouse mouse NOUN Number=Sing 3 froze nsubj 3 froze freeze VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 in in ADP _ 5 terror case 5 terror terror NOUN Number=Sing 3 froze obl 6 when when ADV PronType=Int 8 saw advmod 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 saw nsubj 8 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 froze advcl 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 cat det 10 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 8 saw obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 froze punct
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1 freeze past the mouse terror vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 see past mouse the cat vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cat=Stimulus
Example 2 She ran from the dog in terror.
nsubj case det obl case obl punct root She PRON ran VERB from ADP the DET dog NOUN in ADP terror NOUN . PUNCT 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 ran nsubj 2 ran run VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 from from ADP _ 5 dog case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 dog det 5 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 2 ran obl 6 in in ADP _ 7 terror case 7 terror terror NOUN Number=Sing 2 ran obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 ran punct
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1 run past She terror from the dog vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from dog=Trajectory
Example 3 The storm brought terror to the small village.
det nsubj obj case det amod obl punct root The DET storm NOUN brought VERB terror NOUN to ADP the DET small ADJ village NOUN . PUNCT 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 brought nsubj 3 brought bring VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 terror terror NOUN Number=Sing 3 brought obj 5 to to ADP _ 8 village case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 village det 7 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 8 village amod 8 village village NOUN Number=Sing 3 brought obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 brought punct
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1 bring past the storm terror the small village vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent terror=Theme to village=Destination
Example 4 The news reported a terror attack.
det nsubj det compound obj punct root The DET news NOUN reported VERB a DET terror NOUN attack NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 news det 2 news news NOUN Number=Sing 3 reported nsubj 3 reported report VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 attack det 5 terror terror NOUN Number=Sing 6 attack compound 6 attack attack NOUN Number=Sing 3 reported obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 reported punct
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1 report past the news a terror attack vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attack=Patient
Example 5 My little cousin is a real terror at bedtime!
nmod:poss amod nsubj cop det amod case nmod punct root My PRON little ADJ cousin NOUN is AUX a DET real ADJ terror NOUN at ADP bedtime NOUN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 cousin nmod:poss 2 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 3 cousin amod 3 cousin cousin NOUN Number=Sing 7 terror nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 terror cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 terror det 6 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 7 terror amod 7 terror terror NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 at at ADP _ 9 bedtime case 9 bedtime bedtime NOUN Number=Sing 7 terror nmod 10 ! ! PUNCT _ 7 terror punct
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1 is a present My little cousin a real terror bedtime tree rules
Example 6 The pirates were the terror of the seas.
det nsubj cop det case det nmod punct root The DET pirates NOUN were AUX the DET terror NOUN of ADP the DET seas NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 pirates det 2 pirates pirate NOUN Number=Plur 5 terror nsubj 3 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 terror cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 terror det 5 terror terror NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 8 seas case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 seas det 8 seas sea NOUN Number=Plur 5 terror nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 terror punct
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1 is a past the pirates the terror of the seas tree rules
Example 7 The command struck terror among the beasts.
det nsubj obj case det obl punct root The DET command NOUN struck VERB terror NOUN among ADP the DET beasts NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 command det 2 command command NOUN Number=Sing 3 struck nsubj 3 struck strike VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 terror terror NOUN Number=Sing 3 struck obj 5 among among ADP _ 7 beasts case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 beasts det 7 beasts beast NOUN Number=Plur 3 struck obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 struck punct
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1 strike past the command terror among the beasts vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent terror=Patient
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