uncanny

Who acts: Uncanny, house, he, cat, mouse · What happens: mean, be, pass, have, run · To what, where: graveyard, uncanny sense

«uncanny» 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: uncanny in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Uncanny means strange in a spooky way, as if not quite natural.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Uncanny	uncanny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 way	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 way	det
6	spooky	spooky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 way	amod
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 natural	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 natural	mark
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 natural	mark
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 natural	advmod
12	quite	quite	ADV	_	13 natural	advmod
13	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	parataxis
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Uncanny					in a spooky way; strange property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute

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

The house was uncannily quiet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the house					quiet, uncannily property	tree rules

Example 2

At an uncanny hour he passed the graveyard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	4 hour	case
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hour	det
3	uncanny	uncanny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hour	amod
4	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 passed	obl
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 passed	nsubj
6	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 graveyard	det
8	graveyard	graveyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 passed	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 passed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	past	he	the graveyard			hour		vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme graveyard=Trajectory

Example 3

The cat had an uncanny sense of where the mouse would run.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sense	det
5	uncanny	uncanny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sense	amod
6	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 where	case
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 run	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mouse	det
10	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 run	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 run	aux
12	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 sense	acl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the cat	a uncanny sense					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sense=Patient
2	run	would	the mouse						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme of where=Trajectory

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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