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title: declivity — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «declivity» in the school dictionary: A declivity is a slope going down, a downward slant of the ground, such as a hill or a bank. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# declivity

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**Who acts:** declivity, slope, They, road, sheep · **What happens:** be, go down, slant, climb, run, run down · **To what, where:** slope, ground, steep declivity, declivity

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A declivity is a slope going down, a downward slant of the ground, such as a hill or a bank.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:declivity:m1:1
# text = A declivity is a slope going down, a downward slant of the ground, such as a hill or a bank.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	declivity	declivity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	slope	slope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	down	down	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	downward	downward	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	slant	slant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	19	case	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	fixed	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a declivity | a slope |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go down** | gerund | a slope *not said here* |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **slant** |  |  | the ground |  |  |  |  | nom slant «cognition 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They climbed down the steep declivity to the lake.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:declivity:x1:1
# text = They climbed down the steep declivity to the lake.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	declivity	declivity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | past | They |  |  | the steep declivity |  | to the lake | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme down declivity=Initial\_Location to lake=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The road ran along the declivity.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:declivity:x2:1
# text = The road ran along the declivity.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	along	along	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	declivity	declivity	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 | **run** | past | the road |  |  | the declivity |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along declivity=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The sheep ran down the declivity.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:declivity:x3:1
# text = The sheep ran down the declivity.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	declivity	declivity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run down** | past | the sheep | the declivity |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme declivity=Trajectory |

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