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title: changeful — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «changeful» in the school dictionary: Changeful means often changing, not staying the same for long. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# changeful

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**Who acts:** Changeful, Morpheus, changeful god, sea, Ahti · **What happens:** mean, change, not stay, be, take, like · **To what, where:** same, changeful god, shape, next

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Changeful means often changing, not staying the same for long.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:changeful:m1:1
# text = Changeful means often changing, not staying the same for long.
1	Changeful	Changeful	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	often	often	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	changing	change	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	staying	stay	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Changeful |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **change** *not said to happen* | gerund | Changeful *not said here* |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **stay** | gerund | Changeful *not said here* | the same |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme same=Location |

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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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Morpheus is a changeful god who can take any shape he likes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:changeful:x1:1
# text = Morpheus is a changeful god who can take any shape he likes.
1	Morpheus	Morpheus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	changeful	changeful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Morpheus | a changeful god |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | can | a changeful god | any shape |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Theme |
| 3 | **like** | present | Morpheus | any shape *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot shape=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The sea was changeful, calm one moment and stormy the next.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:changeful:x2:1
# text = The sea was changeful, calm one moment and stormy the next.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	changeful	changeful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	stormy	stormy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the sea |  |  |  |  | changeful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the sea *not said here* |  |  |  | moment |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **stormy** | past | the sea *not said here* | the next |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Ahti is changeful and touchy, so be careful with him.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:changeful:x3:1
# text = Ahti is changeful and touchy, so be careful with him.
1	Ahti	Ahti	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	changeful	changeful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	touchy	touchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Ahti |  |  |  |  | changeful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Ahti *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | infinitive | Ahti *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with Ahti; careful *property* | tree rules |

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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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