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title: delight — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «delight» in the school dictionary: Delight is a feeling of great happiness and pleasure. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# delight

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** Delight, snow, my, daughter, magician, puppy · **What happens:** be, give, delight, scream, have, trick · **To what, where:** feeling, something, great pleasure, someone, children, delight

<!-- .vabout -->
«delight» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: [delight in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/delight.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Delight is a feeling of great happiness and pleasure.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:delight:m1:1
# text = Delight is a feeling of great happiness and pleasure.
1	Delight	delight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	happiness	happiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Delight | a feeling |  |  |  | of great happiness and pleasure | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A delight is something or someone that gives great pleasure.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:delight:m2:1
# text = A delight is something or someone that gives great pleasure.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	delight	delight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	conj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a delight | something |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present |  | great pleasure |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Theme |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To delight someone is to make them very happy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:delight:m3:1
# text = To delight someone is to make them very happy.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	delight	delight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	csubj	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **delight** | to-infinitive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | happy, make *property* | tree rules |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To delight in something is to enjoy it very much, sometimes in a mean way.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:delight:m4:1
# text = To delight in something is to enjoy it very much, sometimes in a mean way.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	delight	delight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	much	much	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	16	advmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **delight** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | something |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | enjoy *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The children screamed with delight on the roller coaster.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:delight:x1:1
# text = The children screamed with delight on the roller coaster.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	screamed	scream	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	delight	delight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	roller	roller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	coaster	coaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | participle · passive |  | the children |  |  |  | with delight on the roller coaster | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To my delight, the snow was still there in the morning.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:delight:x2:1
# text = To my delight, the snow was still there in the morning.
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	delight	delight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the snow |  |  |  | still; morning | to my delight; there *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **delight** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom delight «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Your daughter is a delight to have in class.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:delight:x3:1
# text = Your daughter is a delight to have in class.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	daughter	daughter	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	delight	delight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Your daughter | a delight |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | class |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The magician delighted the audience with his tricks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:delight:x4:1
# text = The magician delighted the audience with his tricks.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	delighted	delight	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	audience	audience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **delight** | past | the magician | the audience |  |  |  | with magician's tricks | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus audience=Experiencer |
| 2 | **trick** |  | magician |  |  |  |  |  | nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The puppy delights in chewing shoes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:delight:x5:1
# text = The puppy delights in chewing shoes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	delights	delight	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	chewing	chew	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **delight** | present | the puppy |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **chew** | gerund | the puppy *not said here* | shoes |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The garden was full of summer delights.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:delight:x6:1
# text = The garden was full of summer delights.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	delights	delight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the garden |  |  |  |  | of summer delights; full *property* | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Edmund ate the Turkish delight in the Narnia story.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:delight:x7:1
# text = Edmund ate the Turkish delight in the Narnia story.
1	Edmund	Edmund	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Turkish	Turkish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	delight	delight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Narnia	Narnia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | Edmund | the Turkish delight |  | the Narnia story |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent delight=Patient |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We were delighted to win the cup.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:delight:x8:1
# text = We were delighted to win the cup.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	delighted	delighted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | We |  |  |  |  | delighted *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **win** | to-infinitive | We *not said here* | the cup |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Eventuality |

## Example 9 {#x9}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To his delight it seemed thick and stout.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:delight:x9:1
# text = To his delight it seemed thick and stout.
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	delight	delight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	stout	stout	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | past | it |  |  |  |  | to his delight; thick *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **delight** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom delight «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

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