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title: elegantly — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «elegantly» in the school dictionary: In a graceful, stylish and tasteful way. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# elegantly

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**Who acts:** She, He · **What happens:** not dance, set, bow · **To what, where:** table

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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In a graceful, stylish and tasteful way.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:elegantly:m1:1
# text = In a graceful, stylish and tasteful way.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
3	graceful	graceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	stylish	stylish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	tasteful	tasteful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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She had never danced so elegantly before.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:elegantly:x1:1
# text = She had never danced so elegantly before.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	danced	dance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	elegantly	elegantly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	before	before	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **dance** | past · perfect | She |  |  |  |  | before *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The table was elegantly set for the feast.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:elegantly:x2:1
# text = The table was elegantly set for the feast.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	elegantly	elegantly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | past · passive |  | the table |  |  |  | for the feast; elegantly *property* | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient for feast=Beneficiary |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He bowed elegantly to the queen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:elegantly:x3:1
# text = He bowed elegantly to the queen.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bowed	bow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	elegantly	elegantly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow** | past | He |  |  |  |  | to the queen; elegantly *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to queen=Pivot |

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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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