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title: delectable — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «delectable» in the school dictionary: Delectable means very pleasing, especially to the taste or the eye. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# delectable

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**Who acts:** Delectable, cake, Neverland, We · **What happens:** mean, be, say, look, eat · **To what, where:** delectable island, delectable meal · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Delectable means very pleasing, especially to the taste or the eye.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:delectable:m1:1
# text = Delectable means very pleasing, especially to the taste or the eye.
1	Delectable	delectable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	pleasing	pleasing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Delectable |  |  |  |  | pleasing *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Delectable means lovely and delightful to be in, said of a place.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:delectable:m2:1
# text = Delectable means lovely and delightful to be in, said of a place.
1	Delectable	delectable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	delightful	delightful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	in	in	ADV	RB	_	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Delectable |  |  |  |  | lovely *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | Delectable *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Delectable *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of a place | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The cake looked delectable.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:delectable:x1:1
# text = The cake looked delectable.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	delectable	delectable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | the cake |  |  |  |  | delectable *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Neverland is a delectable island full of adventure.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:delectable:x2:1
# text = Neverland is a delectable island full of adventure.
1	Neverland	Neverland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	delectable	delectable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	adventure	adventure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Neverland | a delectable island |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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We ate a delectable meal of fish and fruit.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:delectable:x3:1
# text = We ate a delectable meal of fish and fruit.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	delectable	delectable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | We | a delectable meal of fish and fruit |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Patient |

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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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