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title: intoxicating — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «intoxicating» in the school dictionary: So exciting or delightful that it makes you feel dizzy with joy. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# intoxicating

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**Who acts:** it, you, people, scent, dryad, music · **What happens:** make, feel, drunk, be, scent, dance · **To what, where:** you, people, flowers, intoxicating joy, us

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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So exciting or delightful that it makes you feel dizzy with joy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intoxicating:m1:1
# text = So exciting or delightful that it makes you feel dizzy with joy.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	exciting	exciting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	delightful	delightful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	dizzy	dizzy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | it | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **feel** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | dizzy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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Of drink, strong enough to make people drunk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intoxicating:m2:1
# text = Of drink, strong enough to make people drunk.
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	drunk	drunk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drunk** | infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The scent of the flowers was intoxicating.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intoxicating:x1:1
# text = The scent of the flowers was intoxicating.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scent	scent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	intoxicating	intoxicating	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the scent of the flowers |  |  |  |  | intoxicating *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **scent** |  |  | the flowers |  |  |  |  | nom scent «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The dryad felt an intoxicating joy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intoxicating:x2:1
# text = The dryad felt an intoxicating joy.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dryad	dryad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	intoxicating	intoxicating	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | the dryad | a intoxicating joy |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joy=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The music was intoxicating and made us dance.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intoxicating:x3:1
# text = The music was intoxicating and made us dance.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	intoxicating	intoxicating	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	dance	dance	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the music |  |  |  |  | intoxicating *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | past | the music *not said here* | us |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **dance** | infinitive | us *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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