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title: apoplexy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «apoplexy» in the school dictionary: A sudden illness, like a stroke, that can make a person collapse. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# apoplexy

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**Who acts:** sudden illness, fit, old lord, lord, you · **What happens:** make, go, turn, have, not get · **To what, where:** person collapse, apoplexy

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«apoplexy» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 2 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: [apoplexy in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/apoplexy.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A sudden illness, like a stroke, that can make a person collapse.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:apoplexy:m1:1
# text = A sudden illness, like a stroke, that can make a person collapse.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stroke	stroke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	collapse	collapse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | can | a sudden illness and a stroke | a person collapse |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset collapse=Product |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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A fit of great anger, so that someone goes red in the face.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:apoplexy:m2:1
# text = A fit of great anger, so that someone goes red in the face.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fit	fit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	10	mark	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	nsubj	_	_
10	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | a fit of great anger |  |  |  |  | red *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The old lord turned purple, as if he would have apoplexy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:apoplexy:x1:1
# text = The old lord turned purple, as if he would have apoplexy.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
12	apoplexy	apoplexy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | the old lord |  |  |  |  | purple *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | lord | apoplexy |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apoplexy=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Don't get so angry you have apoplexy!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:apoplexy:x2:1
# text = Don't get so angry you have apoplexy!
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	apoplexy	apoplexy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | angry *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **have** | present | you | apoplexy |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apoplexy=Patient |

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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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