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title: amethyst — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «amethyst» in the school dictionary: An amethyst is a purple gem, a kind of stone used in rings and jewels. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# amethyst

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**Who acts:** amethyst, She, throne, treasure chest · **What happens:** be, use, wear, stand, inlay · **To what, where:** purple gem, kind, rings, ring, steps

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An amethyst is a purple gem, a kind of stone used in rings and jewels.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amethyst:m1:1
# text = An amethyst is a purple gem, a kind of stone used in rings and jewels.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	amethyst	amethyst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	gem	gem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a amethyst | a purple gem |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | a kind of stone *not said here* |  | rings and jewels |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 wore a ring with a purple amethyst.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amethyst:x1:1
# text = She wore a ring with a purple amethyst.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	amethyst	amethyst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | She | a ring |  |  |  | with a purple amethyst | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ring=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The throne stood on steps inlaid with great amethysts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amethyst:x2:1
# text = The throne stood on steps inlaid with great amethysts.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	inlaid	inlay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	amethysts	amethyst	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	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 | **stand** | past | the throne |  |  |  |  | on steps | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on step=Location |
| 2 | **inlay** | participle |  | steps *not said here* |  |  |  | with great amethysts | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with amethyst=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The treasure chest was full of gold and amethysts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amethyst:x3:1
# text = The treasure chest was full of gold and amethysts.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	amethysts	amethyst	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the treasure chest |  |  |  |  | of gold and amethysts; full *property* | 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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