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title: antechamber — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «antechamber» in the school dictionary: An antechamber is a small room leading into a bigger, grander room, where people wait before being let in. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# antechamber

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**Who acts:** antechamber, small room, people, guests, She, servant · **What happens:** be, lead, wait, let in, sit · **To what, where:** small room, bigger grander room, antechamber, us

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An antechamber is a small room leading into a bigger, grander room, where people wait before being let in.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:antechamber:m1:1
# text = An antechamber is a small room leading into a bigger, grander room, where people wait before being let in.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	antechamber	antechamber	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	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	leading	lead	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	grander	grand	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
13	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	17	advmod	_	_
16	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	wait	wait	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
18	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
19	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	let	let	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	advcl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	RP	_	20	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 antechamber | a small room |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lead** | gerund | a small room *not said here* |  |  | a bigger grander room |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into room=Destination |
| 3 | **wait** | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **let in** | gerund · passive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.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 guests waited in the antechamber.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:antechamber:x1:1
# text = The guests waited in the antechamber.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	antechamber	antechamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past | the guests |  |  | the antechamber |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in antechamber=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She sat in the antechamber of the palace.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:antechamber:x2:1
# text = She sat in the antechamber of the palace.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	antechamber	antechamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | She |  |  | the antechamber of the palace |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in antechamber=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The servant led us through the antechamber.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:antechamber:x3:1
# text = The servant led us through the antechamber.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	antechamber	antechamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | past | the servant | us |  | the antechamber |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent we=Theme through antechamber=Destination |

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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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