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title: dexterous — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «dexterous» in the school dictionary: Dexterous means skilful with the hands, quick and neat at doing things. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# dexterous

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**Who acts:** Dexterous, He, dexterous thief, dexterous weaver · **What happens:** mean, do, be, play, slip, make · **To what, where:** things, tune, key, finest cloth

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Dexterous means skilful with the hands, quick and neat at doing things.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dexterous:m1:1
# text = Dexterous means skilful with the hands, quick and neat at doing things.
1	Dexterous	Dexterous	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	skilful	skilful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	neat	neat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
13	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	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 | Dexterous |  |  |  |  | skilful *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | Dexterous *not said here* | things |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |

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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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He was dexterous with his fingers and could play any tune.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dexterous:x1:1
# text = He was dexterous with his fingers and could play any tune.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	dexterous	dexterous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | with his fingers; dexterous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | could | He *not said here* | any tune |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The dexterous thief slipped the key from the guard's belt.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dexterous:x2:1
# text = The dexterous thief slipped the key from the guard's belt.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dexterous	dexterous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slip** | past | the dexterous thief | the key |  |  |  | from the guard's belt | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent key=Patient from belt=Co-Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A dexterous weaver made the finest cloth.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dexterous:x3:1
# text = A dexterous weaver made the finest cloth.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dexterous	dexterous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	weaver	weaver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	finest	fine	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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 | **make** | past | a dexterous weaver | the finest cloth |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cloth=Product |

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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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