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title: enchantress — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «enchantress» in the school dictionary: A enchantress is a woman who works magic and casts spells. Used in fairy tales and old stories. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# enchantress

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**Who acts:** enchantress, woman, Nothing · **What happens:** be, work, cast, use, hurry away, say · **To what, where:** woman, magic, spells, fairy tales, words, lake · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«enchantress» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [enchantress in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/enchantress.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A enchantress is a woman who works magic and casts spells. Used in fairy tales and old stories.

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*Sentence 1:* A enchantress is a woman who works magic and casts spells.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:enchantress:m1:1
# text = A enchantress is a woman who works magic and casts spells.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	enchantress	enchantress	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	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	casts	cast	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
11	spells	spell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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 enchantress | a woman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **work** | present | a woman | magic |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent magic=Material |
| 3 | **cast** | present | a woman *not said here* | spells |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Product |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Used in fairy tales and old stories.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:enchantress:m1:2
# text = Used in fairy tales and old stories.
1	Used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  |  |  | fairy tales and old stories |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The enchantress hurried away and said some words over the lake.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:enchantress:x1:1
# text = The enchantress hurried away and said some words over the lake.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	enchantress	enchantress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hurried	hurry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurry away** | past | the enchantress |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the enchantress *not said here* | some words |  | the lake |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Nothing in the world could tear him from his twelve enchantresses.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:enchantress:x2:1
# text = Nothing in the world could tear him from his twelve enchantresses.
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	tear	tear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	enchantresses	enchantress	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear** | could | Nothing | him *= he* |  |  |  | from his twelve enchantresses | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient from enchantress=Co-Patient |

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