---
title: incantation — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «incantation» in the school dictionary: An incantation is a set of words chanted or spoken as a magic spell. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incantation/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/) / incantation

# incantation

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** incantation, witch, He, floods · **What happens:** be, chant, speak, whisper, repeat, rise · **To what, where:** set, words, incantation, pot · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«incantation» 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: [incantation in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/incantation.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An incantation is a set of words chanted or spoken as a magic spell.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:incantation:m1:1
# text = An incantation is a set of words chanted or spoken as a magic spell.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	incantation	incantation	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	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	chanted	chant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a incantation | a set |  |  |  | of words | tree rules |
| 2 | **chant** | participle |  | words *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | as a magic spell | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The witch whispered an incantation over the pot.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:incantation:x1:1
# text = The witch whispered an incantation over the pot.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	whispered	whisper	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	incantation	incantation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | the witch | a incantation |  | the pot |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incantation=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He repeated the incantation three times.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:incantation:x2:1
# text = He repeated the incantation three times.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	incantation	incantation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | past | He | the incantation |  |  | time |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incantation=Eventuality |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
At the magician's incantation the floods rose like mountains.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:incantation:x3:1
# text = At the magician's incantation the floods rose like mountains.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	incantation	incantation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	floods	flood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | past | the floods |  |  | the magician's incantation |  | like mountains | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at incantation=Location |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [incandescent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incandescent/)
- next →: [incapable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incapable/)
- ↑ back to [I in school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/)