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title: cavernous — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «cavernous» in the school dictionary: Cavernous means very large and hollow, like a cave. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# cavernous

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**Who acts:** Cavernous, monster, old · **What happens:** mean, echo, open, have · **To what, where:** cavernous hall, cavernous mouth, cavernous sound

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Cavernous means very large and hollow, like a cave.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cavernous:m1:1
# text = Cavernous means very large and hollow, like a cave.
1	Cavernous	Cavernous	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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 | Cavernous |  |  |  |  | large *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The cavernous hall echoed with every step.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cavernous:x1:1
# text = The cavernous hall echoed with every step.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cavernous	cavernous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	echoed	echo	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **echo** | participle |  | the cavernous hall *not said here* |  |  |  | with every step | vn sound\_existence-47.4 «NP.location V NP.theme»: agent=Location with step=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The monster opened its cavernous mouth.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cavernous:x2:1
# text = The monster opened its cavernous mouth.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	cavernous	cavernous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | past | the monster | monster's cavernous mouth |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mouth=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The old well had a cavernous sound.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cavernous:x3:1
# text = The old well had a cavernous sound.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
3	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	cavernous	cavernous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the old | a cavernous sound |  |  |  | well *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Patient |

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