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title: brainy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «brainy» in the school dictionary: Very clever and good at thinking and learning. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# brainy

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**Who acts:** sister, brainy kid, You, She, brainy birds, Tom · **What happens:** think, learn, be, build, not have, ask · **To what, where:** maths, robot, brainiest girl, class, Owls, Tom

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

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Very clever and good at thinking and learning.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brainy:m1:1
# text = Very clever and good at thinking and learning.
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	learning	learn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	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 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **learn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 -->
Smart in a bookish way.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brainy:m2:1
# text = Smart in a bookish way.
1	Smart	Smart	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bookish	bookish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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My sister is really brainy at maths.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brainy:x1:1
# text = My sister is really brainy at maths.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	brainy	brainy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	maths	math	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	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** | present | My sister |  |  | maths |  | brainy *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The brainy kid in the film builds a robot.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brainy:x2:1
# text = The brainy kid in the film builds a robot.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	brainy	brainy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	builds	build	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | present | the brainy kid in the film | a robot |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robot=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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You don't have to be brainy to be kind.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brainy:x3:1
# text = You don't have to be brainy to be kind.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	brainy	brainy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
10	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | present · do-support | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  | brainy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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She's the brainiest girl in our class.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brainy:x4:1
# text = She's the brainiest girl in our class.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	brainiest	brainy	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | She | the brainiest girl |  | our class |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Owls are thought of as brainy birds in stories.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brainy:x5:1
# text = Owls are thought of as brainy birds in stories.
1	Owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	thought	think	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	brainy	brainy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present · passive | brainy birds in stories | Owls |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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Ask Tom, he's brainy about dinosaurs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brainy:x6:1
# text = Ask Tom, he's brainy about dinosaurs.
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	brainy	brainy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Tom |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tom=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | Tom |  |  |  |  | about dinosaurs; brainy *property* | tree rules |

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