transfix

Who acts: fear, knight, bright light, children · What happens: pierce, hold, not move, transfix · To what, where: something, someone, dragon, children

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

Meaning 1

To pierce something through with a sharp point, such as a spear.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 pierce	mark
2	pierce	pierce	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 pierce	obj
4	through	through	ADP	_	8 point	case
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 point	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 point	det
7	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 point	amod
8	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pierce	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 spear	punct
10	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	13 spear	case
11	as	as	ADP	_	10 such	fixed
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 spear	det
13	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 point	appos
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pierce	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pierce	to-infinitive		something				through a sharp point	vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.patient»: agent=Agent something=Instrument through point=Patient

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

To hold someone still with fear or wonder, so that they cannot move.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 hold	mark
2	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 hold	obj
4	still	still	ADV	_	2 hold	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 fear	case
6	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hold	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 wonder	cc
8	wonder	wonder	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fear	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 move	punct
10	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	15 move	mark
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 so	fixed
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 move	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 move	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 move	advmod
15	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hold	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	to-infinitive		someone			still	with fear or wonder	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
2	not move	can	fear						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

The knight transfixed the dragon with his lance.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 knight	det
2	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transfixed	nsubj
3	transfixed	transfix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dragon	det
5	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transfixed	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 lance	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 lance	nmod:poss
8	lance	lance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transfixed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 transfixed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transfix	past	the knight	the dragon				with knight's lance	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dragon=Experiencer

Example 2

The bright light transfixed the children, and they could not move.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 light	det
2	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 light	amod
3	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transfixed	nsubj
4	transfixed	transfix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 children	det
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 transfixed	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 move	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 move	cc
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 move	nsubj
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 move	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 move	advmod
12	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 transfixed	parataxis
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 transfixed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transfix	past	the bright light	the children					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer
2	not move	could	children = child						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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