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title: damosel — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «damosel» in the school dictionary: An old spelling of «damsel»: a young unmarried woman or girl. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# damosel

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**Who acts:** damosel · **What happens:** spell, sob, sit, sing, wait · **To what, where:** damsel, damosel, old songs

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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An old spelling of «damsel»: a young unmarried woman or girl.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:damosel:m1:1
# text = An old spelling of «damsel»: a young unmarried woman or girl.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	damsel	damsel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	unmarried	unmarried	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spell** |  |  | damsel |  |  |  |  | nom spelling «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 damosel sobbed all night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:damosel:x1:1
# text = The damosel sobbed all night.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	damosel	damosel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sobbed	sob	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sob** | past | the damosel |  |  |  | night |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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A damosel sat by the well and sang.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:damosel:x2:1
# text = A damosel sat by the well and sang.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	damosel	damosel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	sat	sit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
8	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	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 | **sit** | participle |  | a damosel *not said here* |  |  |  | by the well | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by well=Location |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | a damosel |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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In old songs a damosel waits for her knight.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:damosel:x3:1
# text = In old songs a damosel waits for her knight.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	damosel	damosel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	waits	wait	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | present | a damosel |  |  | old songs |  | for damosel's knight | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in song=Location |

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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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