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title: demoniac — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «demoniac» in the school dictionary: Like a demon; wild, fierce, or as if possessed by an evil spirit. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# demoniac

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**Who acts:** witch, Helga · **What happens:** possess, give, have, act · **To what, where:** demoniac laugh, wicked demoniac spirit, villain, demoniac rage

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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Like a demon; wild, fierce, or as if possessed by an evil spirit.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:demoniac:m1:1
# text = Like a demon; wild, fierce, or as if possessed by an evil spirit.
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	demon	demon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	possessed	possess	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by a evil spirit | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The witch gave a demoniac laugh.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:demoniac:x1:1
# text = The witch gave a demoniac laugh.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	demoniac	demoniac	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	laugh	laugh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **give** | past | the witch | a demoniac laugh |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laugh=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Helga had a wicked, demoniac spirit.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:demoniac:x2:1
# text = Helga had a wicked, demoniac spirit.
1	Helga	Helga	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	demoniac	demoniac	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Helga | a wicked demoniac spirit |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spirit=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The villain acted in a demoniac rage.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:demoniac:x3:1
# text = The villain acted in a demoniac rage.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	villain	villain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	acted	act	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	demoniac	demoniac	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	rage	rage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | participle |  | the villain *not said here* |  | a demoniac rage |  |  | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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