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title: bluster — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bluster» in the school dictionary: Bluster is loud, angry talk or threats with little real force behind it. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# bluster

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**Who acts:** Bluster, He, nobody, Gentle words · **What happens:** be, threat, try, bluster, win, fail · **To what, where:** bluster, bully, referee

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Bluster is loud, angry talk or threats with little real force behind it.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bluster:m1:1
# text = Bluster is loud, angry talk or threats with little real force behind it.
1	Bluster	bluster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	threats	threat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Bluster |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **threat** | present | Bluster *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with little real force behind Bluster | 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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To bluster is to talk loudly and boldly without much meaning.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bluster:m2:1
# text = To bluster is to talk loudly and boldly without much meaning.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	bluster	bluster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	talk	talk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	boldly	boldly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | without much meaning; loudly, talk *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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He tried bluster, but nobody was afraid.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bluster:x1:1
# text = He tried bluster, but nobody was afraid.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bluster	bluster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | He | bluster |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bluster=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | past | nobody |  |  |  |  | afraid *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The bully blustered at the referee.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bluster:x2:1
# text = The bully blustered at the referee.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bully	bully	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	blustered	bluster	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	referee	referee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bluster** *speech: other* | participle |  | the bully *not said here* |  | the referee |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Gentle words win where bluster fails.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bluster:x3:1
# text = Gentle words win where bluster fails.
1	Gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	win	win	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
5	bluster	bluster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	fails	fail	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | present | Gentle words |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fail** | present | bluster |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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