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title: ecstasy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ecstasy» in the school dictionary: Ecstasy is a very great feeling of joy or delight. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ecstasy

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**Who acts:** Ecstasy, She, He · **What happens:** be, lose, dance, win, sit, shout · **To what, where:** great feeling, deep trance, person, holy thought, ecstasy, religious ecstasy

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Ecstasy is a very great feeling of joy or delight.

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

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Ecstasy | a great feeling |  |  |  | of joy or delight | tree rules |

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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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Ecstasy is a deep trance, when a person is lost in holy or religious thought.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ecstasy:m2:1
# text = Ecstasy is a deep trance, when a person is lost in holy or religious thought.
1	Ecstasy	ecstasy	NOUN	NN	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	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	trance	trance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	11	mark	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	_
16	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Ecstasy | a deep trance |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | present · passive |  | a person |  | holy thought |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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She danced in ecstasy when she won.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ecstasy:x1:1
# text = She danced in ecstasy when she won.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	ecstasy	ecstasy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | past | She |  |  | ecstasy |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ecstasy=Location |
| 2 | **win** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He sat in religious ecstasy all day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ecstasy:x2:1
# text = He sat in religious ecstasy all day.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ecstasy	ecstasy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | He |  |  | religious ecstasy | day |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ecstasy=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The crowd shouted with ecstasy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ecstasy:x3:1
# text = The crowd shouted with ecstasy.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	shouted	shout	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	ecstasy	ecstasy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | participle |  | the crowd *not said here* |  |  |  | with ecstasy | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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