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title: balmy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «balmy» in the school dictionary: Balmy describes weather or air that is warm, soft and gentle, pleasant to be outside in. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# balmy

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**Who acts:** Balmy, that, evening air, We, breeze · **What happens:** describe, be, mean, eat, scent · **To what, where:** weather, tea

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Balmy describes weather or air that is warm, soft and gentle, pleasant to be outside in.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:balmy:m1:1
# text = Balmy describes weather or air that is warm, soft and gentle, pleasant to be outside in.
1	Balmy	Balmy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	cop	_	_
17	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	in	in	ADV	RB	_	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | Balmy | weather or air |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent weather=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | that *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | that *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **be** |  | that *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **is** | to-infinitive | that *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in, outside *property* | tree rules |

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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: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Balmy can also mean silly or mad, as in «balmy ideas».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:balmy:m2:1
# text = Balmy can also mean silly or mad, as in «balmy ideas».
1	Balmy	Balmy	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	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	balmy	balmy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	ideas	idea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can | Balmy |  |  |  |  | silly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The evening air was balmy and sweet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:balmy:x1:1
# text = The evening air was balmy and sweet.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	balmy	balmy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sweet	sweet	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 evening air |  |  |  |  | balmy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the evening air *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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We ate our tea outside on a balmy night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:balmy:x2:1
# text = We ate our tea outside on a balmy night.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	balmy	balmy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | We | our tea |  |  | night | outside *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The breeze was soft and balmy, scented with roses.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:balmy:x3:1
# text = The breeze was soft and balmy, scented with roses.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	breeze	breeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	balmy	balmy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	scented	scent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the breeze |  |  |  |  | soft *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the breeze *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **scent** | participle | the breeze *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with roses | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with rose=Theme |

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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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