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title: dainty — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «dainty» in the school dictionary: Small, neat, pretty and delicate: dainty feet, a dainty silver crown. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# dainty

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**Who acts:** dainty, dainty bite, She, fairy, Mum · **What happens:** be, have, wear, serve · **To what, where:** small tasty treat, dainty hands, dainty silver crown, little dainties, plate

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«dainty» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: [dainty in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dainty.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Small, neat, pretty and delicate: dainty feet, a dainty silver crown.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dainty:m1:1
# text = Small, neat, pretty and delicate: dainty feet, a dainty silver crown.
1	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	neat	neat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	pretty	pretty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	delicate	delicate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	dainty	dainty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	dainty	dainty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: of food — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
small and tasty, a little bite; a «dainty» is a small tasty treat.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dainty:m2:1
# text = small and tasty, a little bite; a «dainty» is a small tasty treat.
1	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	tasty	tasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	dainty	dainty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	tasty	tasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	treat	treat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a dainty | a small tasty treat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Here is a dainty bite for my breakfast.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dainty:x1:1
# text = Here is a dainty bite for my breakfast.
1	Here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	dainty	dainty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a dainty bite for my breakfast |  |  |  |  | here *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She had dainty hands and tiny feet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dainty:x2:1
# text = She had dainty hands and tiny feet.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dainty	dainty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | She | dainty hands and tiny feet |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fairy wore a dainty silver crown.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dainty:x3:1
# text = The fairy wore a dainty silver crown.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	dainty	dainty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | the fairy | a dainty silver crown |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent crown=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum served little dainties on a plate.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dainty:x4:1
# text = Mum served little dainties on a plate.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	served	serve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dainties	dainty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	plate	plate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | past | Mum | little dainties |  | a plate |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dainty=Attribute |

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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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