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title: chivalric — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «chivalric» in the school dictionary: Chivalric means of or like the code of knights in old times: brave, honest and courteous to others. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# chivalric

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**Who acts:** Chivalric, knight, Stories, chivalric knight · **What happens:** mean, code, show, fill, help · **To what, where:** knights, chivalric courage, old books, weak

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Chivalric means of or like the code of knights in old times: brave, honest and courteous to others.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chivalric:m1:1
# text = Chivalric means of or like the code of knights in old times: brave, honest and courteous to others.
1	Chivalric	Chivalric	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	code	code	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	knights	knight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
14	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	courteous	courteous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Chivalric |  |  |  |  | of the code of knights in old times | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **code** |  |  | knights in old times |  |  |  |  | nom code «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 knight showed chivalric courage.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chivalric:x1:1
# text = The knight showed chivalric courage.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	chivalric	chivalric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | the knight | chivalric courage |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent courage=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Stories of chivalric deeds fill the old books.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chivalric:x2:1
# text = Stories of chivalric deeds fill the old books.
1	Stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	chivalric	chivalric	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	deeds	deed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	fill	fill	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | present | Stories of chivalric deeds | the old books |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent book=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A chivalric knight always helps the weak.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chivalric:x3:1
# text = A chivalric knight always helps the weak.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	chivalric	chivalric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | a chivalric knight | the weak |  |  |  | always *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weak=Beneficiary |

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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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