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title: elizabethan — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «elizabethan» in the school dictionary: Belonging to the time of Queen Elizabeth I of England, or in the style of that time. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# elizabethan

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**Who acts:** old play, I · **What happens:** belong, be, call, modernis, spell · **To what, where:** style, Elizabethan, plays, spelling, Elizabethan tale · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Belonging to the time of Queen Elizabeth I of England, or in the style of that time.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:elizabethan:m1:1
# text = Belonging to the time of Queen Elizabeth I of England, or in the style of that time.
1	Belonging	belong	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:desc	_	_
7	Elizabeth	Elizabeth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	flat	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	style	style	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
18	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | gerund |  |  |  | the style of that time | time |  | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: 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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The old play is Elizabethan in style.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:elizabethan:x1:1
# text = The old play is Elizabethan in style.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Elizabethan	Elizabethan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	style	style	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the old play | Elizabethan |  | style |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some plays from that time are called Elizabethan drama.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:elizabethan:x2:1
# text = Some plays from that time are called Elizabethan drama.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	plays	play	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	Elizabethan	Elizabethan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	drama	drama	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present · passive |  | some plays from that time |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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I modernised the spelling of the Elizabethan tale.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:elizabethan:x3:1
# text = I modernised the spelling of the Elizabethan tale.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	modernised	modernis	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Elizabethan	Elizabethan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **modernis** | past | I | the spelling of the Elizabethan tale |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **spell** |  |  | the Elizabethan tale |  |  |  |  | nom spelling «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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