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title: affright — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «affright» in the school dictionary: Noun: a sudden strong fear or shock. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# affright

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**Who acts:** Verb, She, you, sudden noise · **What happens:** frighten, ask, be, affright · **To what, where:** someone, affright, voyagers, horses · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Noun: a sudden strong fear or shock.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:affright:m1:1
# text = Noun: a sudden strong fear or shock.
1	Noun	noun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	shock	shock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Verb: to frighten someone greatly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:affright:m2:1
# text = Verb: to frighten someone greatly.
1	Verb	verb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	frighten	frighten	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	greatly	greatly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frighten** | to-infinitive | Verb | someone |  |  |  | greatly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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She asked in affright, "Who are you?"

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:affright:x1:1
# text = She asked in affright, "Who are you?"
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	affright	affright	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	parataxis	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | She |  |  | affright |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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All the voyagers were greatly affrighted.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:affright:x2:1
# text = All the voyagers were greatly affrighted.
1	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	3	det:predet	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	voyagers	voyager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	greatly	greatly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	affrighted	affright	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **affright** | past · passive |  | all voyagers |  |  |  | greatly *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The sudden noise affrighted the horses.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:affright:x3:1
# text = The sudden noise affrighted the horses.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	affrighted	affright	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **affright** | participle | the sudden noise *not said here* | the horses |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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