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title: absurdly — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «absurdly» in the school dictionary: In a silly or ridiculous way, so that people think it is foolish or unreasonable. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# absurdly

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**Who acts:** people, way, He, She, Mum · **What happens:** think, be, jump about, dress, not behave, say · **To what, where:** silly way, one leg · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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In a silly or ridiculous way, so that people think it is foolish or unreasonable.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:absurdly:m1:1
# text = In a silly or ridiculous way, so that people think it is foolish or unreasonable.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	ridiculous	ridiculous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	11	mark	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	foolish	foolish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	ccomp	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	unreasonable	unreasonable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | people |  |  | a silly way |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | way |  |  |  |  | foolish *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | way *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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He jumped about absurdly on one leg.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:absurdly:x1:1
# text = He jumped about absurdly on one leg.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	absurdly	absurdly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump about** | past | He |  |  | one leg |  | absurdly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She dressed absurdly for the party.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:absurdly:x2:1
# text = She dressed absurdly for the party.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dressed	dress	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	absurdly	absurdly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dress** | past | She |  |  |  |  | for the party; absurdly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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"Don't behave so absurdly," said Mum.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:absurdly:x3:1
# text = "Don't behave so absurdly," said Mum.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	behave	behave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	absurdly	absurdly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	Mum	Mum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **behave** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support |  |  |  |  |  | absurdly *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

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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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