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title: awesome — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «awesome» in the school dictionary: Awesome means very good, great or cool, as in «That film was awesome!». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# awesome

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**Who acts:** Awesome, film, it, roller coaster, I, we · **What happens:** mean, be, fill, say, get, stand · **To what, where:** you, own, great, tickets, waterfall, awesome power · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«awesome» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [awesome in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/awesome.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Awesome means very good, great or cool, as in «That film was awesome!».

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:awesome:m1:1
# text = Awesome means very good, great or cool, as in «That film was awesome!».
1	Awesome	awesome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
11	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	det	_	_
14	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	awesome	awesome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Awesome |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | that film |  |  |  |  | awesome *property* | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Awesome means so big, powerful or amazing that it fills you with wonder and a little fear, as in «the awesome power of the ocean».

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:awesome:m2:1
# text = Awesome means so big, powerful or amazing that it fills you with wonder and a little fear, as in «the awesome power of the ocean».
1	Awesome	awesome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	powerful	powerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	amazing	amazing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	fills	fill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	wonder	wonder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
20	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
22	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	awesome	awesome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Awesome |  |  |  |  | big *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fill** | present | it | you |  |  |  | with wonder and a little fear | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent you=Patient with wonder=Instrument |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: slang — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Awesome!» can be said on its own to mean «great!» or «OK, good».

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:awesome:m3:1
# text = «Awesome!» can be said on its own to mean «great!» or «OK, good».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Awesome	awesome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
18	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	OK	ok	INTJ	UH	_	21	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
21	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | can · passive |  |  |  | its own |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S» |
| 2 | **mean** | to-infinitive |  | great |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent great=Topic |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That roller coaster was awesome!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:awesome:x1:1
# text = That roller coaster was awesome!
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	roller	roller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	coaster	coaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	awesome	awesome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that roller coaster |  |  |  |  | awesome *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«I got the tickets.» «Awesome!»

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* «I got the tickets.»

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:awesome:x2:1
# text = «I got the tickets.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tickets	ticket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | I | the tickets |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ticket=Stimulus |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* «Awesome!»

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:awesome:x2:2
# text = «Awesome!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Awesome	awesome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Standing under the waterfall, we felt its awesome power.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:awesome:x3:1
# text = Standing under the waterfall, we felt its awesome power.
1	Standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
2	under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	waterfall	waterfall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	awesome	awesome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund | we *not said here* |  |  | the waterfall |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under waterfall=Location |
| 2 | **feel** | past | we | waterfall's awesome power |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My teacher is awesome at explaining fractions.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:awesome:x4:1
# text = My teacher is awesome at explaining fractions.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	awesome	awesome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	explaining	explain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	fractions	fraction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | My teacher |  |  |  |  | awesome *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | gerund | My teacher *not said here* | fractions |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fraction=Topic |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The view from the mountain top was awesome.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:awesome:x5:1
# text = The view from the mountain top was awesome.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	awesome	awesome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the view from the mountain top |  |  |  |  | awesome *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You did an awesome job on your project.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:awesome:x6:1
# text = You did an awesome job on your project.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	awesome	awesome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	project	project	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | You | a awesome job |  | your project |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |
| 2 | **project** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom project «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The awesome size of the blue whale left us speechless.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:awesome:x7:1
# text = The awesome size of the blue whale left us speechless.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	awesome	awesome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	speechless	speechless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | the awesome size of the blue whale | us |  |  |  | speechless *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme |

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