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title: dolt — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «dolt» in the school dictionary: A dolt is a stupid person who is slow to understand things; a fool (old use or rude). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# dolt

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**Who acts:** dolt, stupid person, you, clever girl · **What happens:** be, understand, stop, look, laugh, lose · **To what, where:** stupid person, things, dolt, race, sign

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A dolt is a stupid person who is slow to understand things; a fool (old use or rude).

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dolt:m1:1
# text = A dolt is a stupid person who is slow to understand things; a fool (old use or rude).
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dolt	dolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	understand	understand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
16	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a dolt | a stupid person and a fool |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | a stupid person and a fool |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **understand** | to-infinitive | a stupid person and a fool *not said here* | things |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus |

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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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Stop being a dolt and look at the map!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dolt:x1:1
# text = Stop being a dolt and look at the map!
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dolt	dolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** | gerund | you *not said here* | a dolt |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **look** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the map | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at map=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The clever girl laughed at the dolt who lost the race.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dolt:x2:1
# text = The clever girl laughed at the dolt who lost the race.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dolt	dolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past | the clever girl |  |  | the dolt |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **lose** | past | the dolt | the race |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Don't be such a dolt; read the sign first.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dolt:x3:1
# text = Don't be such a dolt; read the sign first.
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
4	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	6	det:predet	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dolt	dolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | infinitive |  | such dolt |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **read** | infinitive |  | the sign |  |  |  | first *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Topic |

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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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