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title: unspell — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «unspell» in the school dictionary: To break a spell, so that a person or thing returns to normal. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# unspell

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**Who acts:** person, kiss, brave girl · **What happens:** break, return, unspell · **To what, where:** spell, witch, last, frog, curse

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To break a spell, so that a person or thing returns to normal.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unspell:m1:1
# text = To break a spell, so that a person or thing returns to normal.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	12	mark	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	returns	return	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | to-infinitive | a person or thing *not said here* | a spell |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spell=Patient |
| 2 | **return** | present | a person or thing |  |  |  |  | to normal *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to normal=Result |

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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 witch was unspelled at last.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unspell:x1:1
# text = The witch was unspelled at last.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	unspelled	unspell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unspell** | past · passive |  | the witch |  | last |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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A kiss can unspell the frog.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unspell:x2:1
# text = A kiss can unspell the frog.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kiss	kiss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	unspell	unspell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unspell** | can | a kiss | the frog |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The curse was unspelled by the brave girl.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unspell:x3:1
# text = The curse was unspelled by the brave girl.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	unspelled	unspell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unspell** | past · passive | the brave girl | the curse |  |  |  |  | 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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