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title: unearthly — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «unearthly» in the school dictionary: Strange and eerie, as if it belonged to a world other than ours. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# unearthly

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**Who acts:** it, unearthly howl · **What happens:** belong, come, shine, be · **To what, where:** hill, eyes

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Strange and eerie, as if it belonged to a world other than ours.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unearthly:m1:1
# text = Strange and eerie, as if it belonged to a world other than ours.
1	Strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	eerie	eerie	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	belonged	belong	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
13	than	than	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	ours	our	PRON	PRP	Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | past | it |  |  |  |  | to a world; other *property* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

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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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Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Very early or very late: at an unearthly hour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unearthly:m2:1
# text = Very early or very late: at an unearthly hour.
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	unearthly	unearthly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An unearthly howl came from the hill.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unearthly:x1:1
# text = An unearthly howl came from the hill.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	unearthly	unearthly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	howl	howl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | a unearthly howl |  |  | the hill |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from hill=Initial\_Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The maiden's eyes shone with an unearthly light.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unearthly:x2:1
# text = The maiden's eyes shone with an unearthly light.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	shone	shine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	unearthly	unearthly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | participle |  | the maiden's eyes *not said here* |  |  |  | with a unearthly light | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with light=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Why are you up at this unearthly hour?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unearthly:x3:1
# text = Why are you up at this unearthly hour?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
7	unearthly	unearthly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  | at this unearthly hour |  | tree rules |

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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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