unearthly

Who acts: it, unearthly howl · What happens: belong, come, shine, be · To what, where: hill, eyes

«unearthly» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: unearthly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Strange and eerie, as if it belonged to a world other than ours.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 eerie	cc
3	eerie	eerie	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Strange	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 belonged	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 belonged	mark
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 belonged	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 belonged	nsubj
8	belonged	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Strange	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 world	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 world	det
11	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 belonged	obl
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 belonged	xcomp
13	than	than	ADP	_	14 ours	case
14	ours	our	PRON	Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 other	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Strange	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	past	it					to a world; other property	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

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.

Very early or very late: at an unearthly hour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 early	advmod
2	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 late	advmod
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 late	cc
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 late	advmod
5	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 late	punct
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 hour	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hour	det
9	unearthly	unearthly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hour	amod
10	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 late	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 late	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

An unearthly howl came from the hill.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 howl	det
2	unearthly	unearthly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 howl	amod
3	howl	howl	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 hill	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hill	det
7	hill	hill	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 unearthly howl			the hill			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from hill=Initial_Location

Example 2

The maiden's eyes shone with an unearthly light.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 maiden	det
2	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eyes	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 maiden	case
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	shone	shine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 eyes	acl
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 light	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 light	det
8	unearthly	unearthly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 light	amod
9	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shone	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 eyes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shine	participle		the maiden's eyes not said here				with a unearthly light	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with light=Theme

Example 3

Why are you up at this unearthly hour?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 hour	advmod
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 hour	cop
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 are	nsubj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 are	compound:prt
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 hour	case
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 hour	det
7	unearthly	unearthly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hour	amod
8	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 hour	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present					at this unearthly hour		tree rules

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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