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title: enchantment — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «enchantment» in the school dictionary: An enchantment is a magic spell that makes things happen or changes someone. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# enchantment

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**Who acts:** enchantment, magic spell, things, it, they · **What happens:** be, make, happen, change, charm, weave · **To what, where:** magic spell, things, someone, feeling, enchantment, me

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An enchantment is a magic spell that makes things happen or changes someone.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:enchantment:m1:1
# text = An enchantment is a magic spell that makes things happen or changes someone.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
13	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a enchantment | a magic spell |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | a magic spell | things |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **happen** | infinitive | things *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **change** | present | a magic spell *not said here* | someone |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient |

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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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An enchantment is a feeling of being charmed and delighted, as if by magic.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:enchantment:m2:1
# text = An enchantment is a feeling of being charmed and delighted, as if by magic.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	charmed	charm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	delighted	delighted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a enchantment | a feeling |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **charm** | gerund · passive |  | a feeling *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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But it was enchantment they were weaving.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:enchantment:x1:1
# text = But it was enchantment they were weaving.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	weaving	weave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | enchantment |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **weave** | past · progressive | they | enchantment *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enchantment=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Yet it was like a piece of enchantment.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:enchantment:x2:1
# text = Yet it was like a piece of enchantment.
1	Yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | like a piece; of enchantment | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Why does this enchantment still seem to bind me?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:enchantment:x3:1
# text = Why does this enchantment still seem to bind me?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
3	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	seem	seem	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	bind	bind	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	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 | **do** | present |  | this enchantment |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enchantment=Eventuality |
| 2 | **seem** | present |  |  |  |  | still |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 3 | **bind** | to-infinitive |  | me |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient |

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