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title: accursed — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «accursed» in the school dictionary: Under a curse, or cursed by magic. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# accursed

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**Who acts:** accursed witch, old man, accursed dragon · **What happens:** curse, accurs, turn, cry, guard · **To what, where:** curse, prince, gold · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«accursed» 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: [accursed in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/accursed.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Under a curse, or cursed by magic.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accursed:m1:1
# text = Under a curse, or cursed by magic.
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | participle |  | a curse *not said here* |  |  |  | by magic | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#m2}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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Hateful, wicked or wretched.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accursed:m2:1
# text = Hateful, wicked or wretched.
1	Hateful	Hateful	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wretched	wretched	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The accursed witch turned the prince into a frog.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accursed:x1:1
# text = The accursed witch turned the prince into a frog.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	accursed	accurs	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accurs** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **turn** | past | the accursed witch | the prince |  |  |  | into a frog *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent prince=Theme into frog=Result |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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"Accursed genie!" cried the old man.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accursed:x2:1
# text = "Accursed genie!" cried the old man.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Accursed	accurs	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	genie	genie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
6	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accurs** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the old man |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The accursed dragon guarded the gold for many years.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accursed:x3:1
# text = The accursed dragon guarded the gold for many years.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	accursed	accurs	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	guarded	guard	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accurs** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **guard** | past | the accursed dragon | the gold |  |  | year |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Beneficiary |

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**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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