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title: conjectural — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «conjectural» in the school dictionary: Based on a guess or an idea that has not been proved, not on firm facts: «The date of the old map is conjectural». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# conjectural

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**Who acts:** date, colours, answer, museum, drawing, castle · **What happens:** base, not prove, be, say, draw, test · **To what, where:** guess, idea, conjectural ideas, age · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«conjectural» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: [conjectural in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/conjectural.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

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Based on a guess or an idea that has not been proved, not on firm facts: «The date of the old map is conjectural».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conjectural:m1:1
# text = Based on a guess or an idea that has not been proved, not on firm facts: «The date of the old map is conjectural».
1	Based	base	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	guess	guess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	proved	prove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	firm	firm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
19	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
26	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
27	conjectural	conjectural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **base** | participle |  |  |  | a guess or a idea |  |  | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on guess=Source |
| 2 | **not** **prove** | present · perfect · passive |  | a idea |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the date of the old map |  |  |  |  | conjectural *property* | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The colours of the dinosaur in the picture are conjectural.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conjectural:x1:1
# text = The colours of the dinosaur in the picture are conjectural.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	conjectural	conjectural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the colours of the dinosaur in the picture |  |  |  |  | conjectural *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Any answer about life on other planets is still conjectural.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conjectural:x2:1
# text = Any answer about life on other planets is still conjectural.
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	planets	planet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	conjectural	conjectural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | any answer about life on other planets |  |  |  | still | conjectural *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The museum said the drawing of the castle was partly conjectural.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conjectural:x3:1
# text = The museum said the drawing of the castle was partly conjectural.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	partly	partly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	conjectural	conjectural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the museum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the drawing of the castle |  |  |  |  | conjectural, partly *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **draw** |  | the castle |  |  |  |  |  | nom drawing «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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His story about the treasure was purely conjectural.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conjectural:x4:1
# text = His story about the treasure was purely conjectural.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	purely	purely	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	conjectural	conjectural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | His story about the treasure |  |  |  |  | conjectural, purely *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Scientists test conjectural ideas with experiments.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conjectural:x5:1
# text = Scientists test conjectural ideas with experiments.
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	test	test	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	conjectural	conjectural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ideas	idea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	experiments	experiment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | present | Scientists | conjectural ideas |  |  |  | with experiments | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The age of the cave paintings was once conjectural, but now it has been measured.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conjectural:x6:1
# text = The age of the cave paintings was once conjectural, but now it has been measured.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	paintings	painting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	9	advmod	_	_
9	conjectural	conjectural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	measured	measure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the age of the cave paintings |  |  |  |  | conjectural, once *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **measure** | present · perfect · passive |  | age |  |  | now |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value |

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