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title: alacrity — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «alacrity» in the school dictionary: Alacrity means quickness and eagerness in doing something, without delay. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# alacrity

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**Who acts:** Alacrity, quickness, She, dog, soldiers · **What happens:** mean, do, accept, run, fetch, obey · **To what, where:** quickness, something, invitation, ball, order

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Alacrity means quickness and eagerness in doing something, without delay.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:alacrity:m1:1
# text = Alacrity means quickness and eagerness in doing something, without delay.
1	Alacrity	alacrity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	quickness	quickness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	eagerness	eagerness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Alacrity | quickness and eagerness |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quickness=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | quickness and eagerness *not said here* | something |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |

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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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She accepted the invitation with alacrity.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:alacrity:x1:1
# text = She accepted the invitation with alacrity.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	accepted	accept	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	invitation	invitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	alacrity	alacrity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | past | She | the invitation |  |  |  | with alacrity | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The dog ran to fetch the ball with alacrity.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:alacrity:x2:1
# text = The dog ran to fetch the ball with alacrity.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	alacrity	alacrity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | the dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | the dog *not said here* | the ball |  |  |  | with alacrity | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The soldiers obeyed the order with alacrity.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:alacrity:x3:1
# text = The soldiers obeyed the order with alacrity.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	obeyed	obey	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	alacrity	alacrity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obey** | past | the soldiers | the order |  |  |  | with alacrity | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme |

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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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