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title: dame — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «dame» in the school dictionary: A polite word for an older woman. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# dame

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**Who acts:** wise old woman, Dame, Old Dame · **What happens:** give, put, title, name, smile, come · **To what, where:** honour, title, name, Dame, children bread

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«dame» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [dame in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dame.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A polite word for an older woman.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dame:m1:1
# text = A polite word for an older woman.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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A title of honour given to a woman; in fairy tales «Dame» is put before a wise old woman's name.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dame:m2:1
# text = A title of honour given to a woman; in fairy tales «Dame» is put before a wise old woman's name.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	honour	honour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	Dame	Dame	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
18	before	before	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
20	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
21	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	's	's	PART	POS	_	22	case	_	_
24	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  | honour *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **put** | present · passive |  | a title of honour and fairy tales |  | a wise old woman's name |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme before name=Destination |
| 3 | **title** |  |  | honour |  |  |  |  | nom title «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **name** |  | a wise old woman |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dame Fortune smiled on the girl.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dame:x1:1
# text = Dame Fortune smiled on the girl.
1	Dame	Dame	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Fortune	Fortune	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	smiled	smile	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smile** | past | Dame |  |  |  |  | on the girl | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Old Dame Habetrot came to help her.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dame:x2:1
# text = Old Dame Habetrot came to help her.
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	Dame	Dame	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	Habetrot	Habetrot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	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 | **come** | past | Old Dame |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **help** | to-infinitive | Old Dame *not said here* |  | Dame |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The dame gave the children bread and milk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dame:x3:1
# text = The dame gave the children bread and milk.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dame	dame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	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	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	compound	_	_
6	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the dame | children bread and milk |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Theme |

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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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