unspell
Who acts: person, kiss, brave girl · What happens: break, return, unspell · To what, where: spell, witch, last, frog, curse
«unspell» 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: unspell in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To break a spell, so that a person or thing returns to normal.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 break | mark |
| 2 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 returns | advcl |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 spell | det |
| 4 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 break | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 returns | punct |
| 6 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 12 returns | mark |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 so | fixed |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 person | det |
| 9 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 returns | nsubj |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 thing | cc |
| 11 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 person | conj |
| 12 | returns | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 normal | case |
| 14 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 returns | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 returns | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | to-infinitive | a person or thing not said here | a spell | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spell=Patient | ||||
| 2 | return | present | a person or thing | to normal result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to normal=Result |
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 witch was unspelled at last.
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 | 4 unspelled | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 unspelled | aux:pass |
| 4 | unspelled | unspell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 last | case |
| 6 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 unspelled | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 unspelled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | unspell | past · passive | the witch | last | tree rules |
Example 2
A kiss can unspell the frog.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 kiss | det |
| 2 | kiss | kiss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 unspell | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 unspell | aux |
| 4 | unspell | unspell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 frog | det |
| 6 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 unspell | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 unspell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | unspell | can | a kiss | the frog | tree rules |
Example 3
The curse was unspelled by the brave girl.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 curse | det |
| 2 | curse | curse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 unspelled | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 unspelled | aux:pass |
| 4 | unspelled | unspell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 girl | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 girl | det |
| 7 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 girl | amod |
| 8 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 unspelled | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 unspelled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | unspell | past · passive | the brave girl | the curse | 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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