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title: disenchant — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «disenchant» in the school dictionary: To break a magic spell so that a person or creature gets back their true form. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# disenchant

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**Who acts:** person, I, fairy, true friend · **What happens:** break, get back, form, do, disenchant, curse · **To what, where:** magic spell, true form, swan, frog, cursed prince

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To break a magic spell so that a person or creature gets back their true form.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disenchant:m1:1
# text = To break a magic spell so that a person or creature gets back their true form.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	break	break	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	12	mark	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
13	back	back	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | to-infinitive |  | a magic spell |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spell=Patient |
| 2 | **get back** | present | a person or creature | person's true form |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer form=Stimulus |
| 3 | **form** |  | person |  |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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What must I do to disenchant the swan?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disenchant:x1:1
# text = What must I do to disenchant the swan?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	disenchant	disenchant	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	swan	swan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | must | I |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **disenchant** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the swan |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The fairy can disenchant the frog with one kiss.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disenchant:x2:1
# text = The fairy can disenchant the frog with one kiss.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	disenchant	disenchant	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	kiss	kiss	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 | **disenchant** | can | the fairy | the frog |  |  |  | with one kiss | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Only a true friend can disenchant the cursed prince.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disenchant:x3:1
# text = Only a true friend can disenchant the cursed prince.
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	disenchant	disenchant	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	prince	prince	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 | **disenchant** | can | a true friend | the cursed prince |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **curse** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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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