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title: ghoul — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ghoul» in the school dictionary: A ghoul is an evil spirit or monster, in old tales, that haunts graveyards and feeds on dead bodies. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ghoul

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**Who acts:** ghoul, old tales, travellers, ghouls, children · **What happens:** be, haunt, hear, moan, say, dig up · **To what, where:** evil spirit, graveyards, dead bodies, ghouls, dead, grey hungry ghoul · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A ghoul is an evil spirit or monster, in old tales, that haunts graveyards and feeds on dead bodies.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ghoul:m1:1
# text = A ghoul is an evil spirit or monster, in old tales, that haunts graveyards and feeds on dead bodies.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ghoul	ghoul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	haunts	haunt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
16	graveyards	graveyard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	feeds	feed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	bodies	body	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 ghoul | a evil spirit or monster |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **haunt** | present | old tales | graveyards and feeds |  | dead bodies |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus graveyard=Experiencer |

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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 travellers heard ghouls moaning in the graveyard.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ghoul:x1:1
# text = The travellers heard ghouls moaning in the graveyard.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	ghouls	ghoul	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	moaning	moan	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	graveyard	graveyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | the travellers | ghouls |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer ghoul=Stimulus |
| 2 | **moan** | gerund | ghouls *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in the graveyard | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in graveyard=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Ghouls were said to dig up the dead.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ghoul:x2:1
# text = Ghouls were said to dig up the dead.
1	Ghouls	ghoul	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	dig	dig	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · passive |  | Ghouls |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dig up** | to-infinitive |  | the dead |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dead=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The children ran from the grey, hungry ghoul.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ghoul:x3:1
# text = The children ran from the grey, hungry ghoul.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ghoul	ghoul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | the children |  |  | the grey hungry ghoul |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from ghoul=Trajectory |

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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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