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title: audacious — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «audacious» in the school dictionary: Audacious means bold and daring, ready to take big risks. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# audacious

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**Who acts:** Audacious, audacious thief, It, young hero · **What happens:** mean, take, not show, steal, be, climb · **To what, where:** bold, big risks, respect, horse, tower, storm

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Audacious means bold and daring, ready to take big risks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:audacious:m1:1
# text = Audacious means bold and daring, ready to take big risks.
1	Audacious	Audacious	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bold	bold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	daring	daring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	risks	risk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Audacious | bold and daring |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bold=Topic |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | Audacious *not said here* | big risks |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent risk=Theme |

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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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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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Audacious can also mean rude or insolent, not showing respect.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:audacious:m2:1
# text = Audacious can also mean rude or insolent, not showing respect.
1	Audacious	Audacious	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	insolent	insolent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
11	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can | Audacious |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **show** | gerund | Audacious *not said here* | respect |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent respect=Recipient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The audacious thief stole the king's horse.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:audacious:x1:1
# text = The audacious thief stole the king's horse.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	audacious	audacious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | the audacious thief | the king's horse |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location horse=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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It was audacious to climb the tower in the storm.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:audacious:x2:1
# text = It was audacious to climb the tower in the storm.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	audacious	audacious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | It |  |  |  |  | audacious *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **climb** | to-infinitive |  | the tower |  | the storm |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tower=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The young hero was brave and audacious.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:audacious:x3:1
# text = The young hero was brave and audacious.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	audacious	audacious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	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** | past | the young hero |  |  |  |  | brave *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the young hero *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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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