unholy
Who acts: witch, unholy racket, ghost · What happens: cast, be, wander · To what, where: unholy spell, grave
«unholy» 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: unholy in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Wicked or sinful, not holy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 3 sinful | cc |
| 3 | sinful | sinful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Wicked | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 holy | punct |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 holy | advmod |
| 6 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Wicked | conj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wicked | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 2
Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.
Very bad or great: «an unholy mess».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Very | very | ADV | _ | 2 bad | advmod |
| 2 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 great | cc |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 bad | conj |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 mess | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 mess | punct |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 mess | det |
| 8 | unholy | unholy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 mess | amod |
| 9 | mess | mess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bad | parataxis |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 mess | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 bad | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
The witch cast an unholy spell.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 witch | det |
| 2 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cast | nsubj |
| 3 | cast | cast | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 spell | det |
| 5 | unholy | unholy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 spell | amod |
| 6 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cast | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 cast | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cast | past | the witch | a unholy spell | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Product |
Example 2
There was an unholy racket in the kitchen.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 was | expl |
| 2 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 racket | det |
| 4 | unholy | unholy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 racket | amod |
| 5 | racket | racket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 was | nsubj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 kitchen | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 kitchen | det |
| 8 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 racket | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 was | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | a unholy racket in the kitchen | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 3
The ghost wandered from its grave on unholy nights.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ghost | det |
| 2 | ghost | ghost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wandered | nsubj |
| 3 | wandered | wander | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 grave | case |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 grave | nmod:poss |
| 6 | grave | grave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wandered | obl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 nights | case |
| 8 | unholy | unholy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 nights | amod |
| 9 | nights | night | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 wandered | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wandered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wander | past | the ghost | ghost's grave | night | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from grave=Trajectory |
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