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title: doubtless — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «doubtless» in the school dictionary: Doubtless means certainly, or very probably, as far as one can tell: they will doubtless arrive soon. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# doubtless

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**Who acts:** Doubtless, they, You, witch · **What happens:** mean, tell, doubtless, arrive, be, hide · **To what, where:** wood · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Doubtless means certainly, or very probably, as far as one can tell: they will doubtless arrive soon.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:doubtless:m1:1
# text = Doubtless means certainly, or very probably, as far as one can tell: they will doubtless arrive soon.
1	Doubtless	Doubtless	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	certainly	certainly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	as	as	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	parataxis	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
16	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	doubtless	doubtless	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
19	arrive	arrive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	_
20	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Doubtless |  |  |  |  | certainly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | can |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **doubtless** | future | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **arrive** | infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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You will doubtless be hungry after the long walk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:doubtless:x1:1
# text = You will doubtless be hungry after the long walk.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	doubtless	doubtless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | future | You |  |  |  | after the long walk | hungry *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Doubtless the bus is late again.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:doubtless:x2:1
# text = Doubtless the bus is late again.
1	Doubtless	Doubtless	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Doubtless |  |  |  | again | late *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The witch was doubtless hiding somewhere in the wood.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:doubtless:x3:1
# text = The witch was doubtless hiding somewhere in the wood.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	doubtless	doubtless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
6	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the witch |  |  |  |  | doubtless *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hide** | gerund | the witch *not said here* |  |  | the wood |  | somewhere *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wood=Location |

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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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