transfixed
Who acts: magic, bright show · What happens: hold, transfix, appear · To what, where: She, crowd, He, sound
«transfixed» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: transfixed in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Held completely still by fear, wonder or surprise.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 3 still | advmod |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 1 Held | advmod |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 fear | case |
| 5 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Held | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 wonder | punct |
| 7 | wonder | wonder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fear | conj |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 surprise | cc |
| 9 | surprise | surprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fear | conj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Held | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | participle | still | by fear and wonder or surprise | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by fear=Location |
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
She stood transfixed as the king's magic appeared.
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 | 3 transfixed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 transfixed | aux:pass |
| 3 | transfixed | transfix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 appeared | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 magic | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 king | case |
| 8 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 appeared | nsubj |
| 9 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 transfixed | advcl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 transfixed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | transfix | past · passive | She | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | appear | past | the king's magic | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 2
The crowd was transfixed by the bright show.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 crowd | det |
| 2 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 transfixed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 transfixed | aux:pass |
| 4 | transfixed | transfix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 show | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 show | det |
| 7 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 show | amod |
| 8 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 transfixed | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 transfixed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | transfix | past · passive | the bright show | the crowd | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |
Example 3
He was transfixed with fear at the sound in the dark.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 transfixed | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 transfixed | aux:pass |
| 3 | transfixed | transfix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 fear | case |
| 5 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 transfixed | obl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 sound | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sound | det |
| 8 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 transfixed | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 dark | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 dark | det |
| 11 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sound | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 transfixed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | transfix | past · passive | He | the sound in the dark | with fear | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
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