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title: brazen — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «brazen» in the school dictionary: Brazen means made of brass, the shiny yellow metal. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# brazen

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**Who acts:** Brazen, brazen trumpet, brazen bulls, He · **What happens:** mean, make, not care, see, sound, breathe · **To what, where:** fire, brazen lie, front · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Brazen means made of brass, the shiny yellow metal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brazen:m1:1
# text = Brazen means made of brass, the shiny yellow metal.
1	Brazen	brazen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Brazen |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | of brass and the shiny yellow metal | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Brazen means bold and shameless, not caring who sees.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brazen:m2:1
# text = Brazen means bold and shameless, not caring who sees.
1	Brazen	brazen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bold	bold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	shameless	shameless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	caring	care	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Brazen |  |  |  |  | bold *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **care** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **see** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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A brazen trumpet sounded.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brazen:x1:1
# text = A brazen trumpet sounded.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	brazen	brazen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	trumpet	trumpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sounded	sound	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | past | a brazen trumpet |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The brazen bulls breathed fire.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brazen:x2:1
# text = The brazen bulls breathed fire.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	brazen	brazen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bulls	bull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	breathed	breathe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breathe** | participle | the brazen bulls | fire |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He told a brazen lie in front of the teacher.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brazen:x3:1
# text = He told a brazen lie in front of the teacher.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	brazen	brazen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | He | a brazen lie |  | front of the teacher |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient |

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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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