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title: blotto — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «blotto» in the school dictionary: Very drunk. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# blotto

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**Who acts:** Uncle Fred, They, butler, He, Getting, silly lord · **What happens:** be, get, have, take, find, not be · **To what, where:** slang, wedding, taxi, master, old comedy

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«blotto» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: [blotto in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/blotto.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: slang, UK — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Very drunk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blotto:m1:1
# text = Very drunk.
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	drunk	drunk	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
(slang) Uncle Fred was completely blotto at the wedding.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blotto:x1:1
# text = (slang) Uncle Fred was completely blotto at the wedding.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	slang	slang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Fred	Fred	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	blotto	blotto	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Uncle Fred | slang *not said here* |  | the wedding |  | blotto, completely *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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(slang) They got blotto and had to be taken home in a taxi.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blotto:x2:1
# text = (slang) They got blotto and had to be taken home in a taxi.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	slang	slang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	blotto	blotto	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	xcomp	_	_
12	home	home	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	taxi	taxi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | They | slang |  |  |  | blotto *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **have** | past | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **take** | to-infinitive · passive | They *not said here* |  |  | a taxi |  | home *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: in taxi=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the old comedy, the butler found his master blotto in the garden.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blotto:x3:1
# text = In the old comedy, the butler found his master blotto in the garden.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	comedy	comedy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	butler	butler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	blotto	blotto	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | the butler | butler's master |  | the old comedy |  | blotto *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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(slang) He was so blotto he could not stand up.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blotto:x4:1
# text = (slang) He was so blotto he could not stand up.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	slang	slang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
7	blotto	blotto	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | could · past | He |  |  |  |  | stand *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Getting blotto is dangerous for anyone.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blotto:x5:1
# text = Getting blotto is dangerous for anyone.
1	Getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	blotto	blotto	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | blotto *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present | Getting |  |  |  |  | for anyone; dangerous *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The story's silly lord was always blotto by dinner.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blotto:x6:1
# text = The story's silly lord was always blotto by dinner.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	blotto	blotto	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the story's silly lord |  |  |  |  | by dinner; always, blotto *property* | tree rules |

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