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title: allegory — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «allegory» in the school dictionary: An allegory is a story in which people, animals or things stand for ideas, to teach a lesson about life. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# allegory

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**Who acts:** allegory, people, tale, wolf, fable · **What happens:** be, stand, teach · **To what, where:** story, lesson, allegory, one

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An allegory is a story in which people, animals or things stand for ideas, to teach a lesson about life.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allegory:m1:1
# text = An allegory is a story in which people, animals or things stand for ideas, to teach a lesson about life.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	allegory	allegory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
13	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	ideas	idea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	teach	teach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	about	about	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a allegory | a story |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stand** | present | people and animals or things |  |  | a story |  | for ideas | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in which=Location |
| 3 | **teach** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | people and animals or things *not said here* | a lesson |  |  |  | about life | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent lesson=Recipient about life=Topic |

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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 tale is an allegory about honesty.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allegory:x1:1
# text = The tale is an allegory about honesty.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	allegory	allegory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	honesty	honesty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the tale | a allegory |  |  |  | about honesty | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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In the allegory, the wolf stands for greed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allegory:x2:1
# text = In the allegory, the wolf stands for greed.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	allegory	allegory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	greed	greed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present | the wolf |  |  | the allegory |  | for greed | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in allegory=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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This fable is one of the earliest moral allegories.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allegory:x3:1
# text = This fable is one of the earliest moral allegories.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	fable	fable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	earliest	early	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
8	moral	moral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	allegories	allegory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | this fable | one |  |  |  | of the earliest moral allegories | 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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