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title: allegorical — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «allegorical» in the school dictionary: Allegorical means standing for a deeper meaning, so that a story or picture teaches a lesson through its people, animals or things. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# allegorical

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**Who acts:** Allegorical, story, fox, fairy tales, picture, dove · **What happens:** mean, stand, teach, be, show · **To what, where:** lesson, us, peace

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Allegorical means standing for a deeper meaning, so that a story or picture teaches a lesson through its people, animals or things.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allegorical:m1:1
# text = Allegorical means standing for a deeper meaning, so that a story or picture teaches a lesson through its people, animals or things.
1	Allegorical	Allegorical	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	deeper	deep	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	15	mark	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	teaches	teach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	through	through	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	_
23	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Allegorical |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stand** *not said to happen* | gerund | Allegorical *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for a deeper meaning | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for meaning=Attribute |
| 3 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | a story or picture | a lesson |  |  |  | through lesson's people and animals or things | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lesson=Recipient |

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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 fox in this tale is allegorical: it stands for greed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allegorical:x1:1
# text = The fox in this tale is allegorical: it stands for greed.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	allegorical	allegorical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	greed	greed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the fox in this tale |  |  |  |  | allegorical *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **stand** | present | fox |  |  |  |  | for greed | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for greed=Attribute |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Some fairy tales are allegorical and teach us to be kind.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allegorical:x2:1
# text = Some fairy tales are allegorical and teach us to be kind.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	allegorical	allegorical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	teach	teach	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | some fairy tales |  |  |  |  | allegorical *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | some fairy tales *not said here* |  | us |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | some fairy tales *not said here* |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The picture is allegorical, with a dove showing peace.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allegorical:x3:1
# text = The picture is allegorical, with a dove showing peace.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	allegorical	allegorical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
9	showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the picture |  |  |  |  | allegorical *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | gerund | a dove *not said here* | peace |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent peace=Recipient |

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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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