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title: brimstone — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «brimstone» in the school dictionary: Brimstone is an old word for sulphur, a yellow stone that burns with a bad smell. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# brimstone

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**Who acts:** Brimstone, yellow stone, Old tales, yellow lumps · **What happens:** be, burn, say, smell, cry · **To what, where:** old word, angry cry, wicked place smells, angry old man · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Brimstone is an old word for sulphur, a yellow stone that burns with a bad smell.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brimstone:m1:1
# text = Brimstone is an old word for sulphur, a yellow stone that burns with a bad smell.
1	Brimstone	brimstone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sulphur	sulphur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	burns	burn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Brimstone | a old word |  |  |  | for sulphur | tree rules |
| 2 | **burn** | present | a yellow stone |  |  |  |  | with a bad smell | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with smell=Theme |

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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: old use, in exclamations — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Brimstone and gall!» is an angry cry, like a curse.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brimstone:m2:1
# text = «Brimstone and gall!» is an angry cry, like a curse.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Brimstone	brimstone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	gall	gall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	cry	cry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Brimstone and gall | a angry cry and a curse |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Old tales say the wicked place smells of brimstone.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brimstone:x1:1
# text = Old tales say the wicked place smells of brimstone.
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	smells	smell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	brimstone	brimstone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Old tales | the wicked place smells of brimstone |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent smell=Topic |
| 2 | **smell** |  | brimstone |  |  |  |  |  | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The yellow lumps of brimstone burned blue.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brimstone:x2:1
# text = The yellow lumps of brimstone burned blue.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lumps	lump	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	brimstone	brimstone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	burned	burn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | past | the yellow lumps of brimstone |  |  |  |  | blue *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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«Brimstone and gall!» cried the angry old man.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brimstone:x3:1
# text = «Brimstone and gall!» cried the angry old man.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Brimstone	brimstone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	gall	gall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
7	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Brimstone and gall | the angry old man |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Topic |

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