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title: eloquence — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «eloquence» in the school dictionary: The skill of speaking or writing well in a way that moves people. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# eloquence

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**Who acts:** skill, way, He, eloquence, gift · **What happens:** speak, write, move, win, make, gift · **To what, where:** way, people, vote, fine speaker, her, eloquence · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The skill of speaking or writing well in a way that moves people.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:eloquence:m1:1
# text = The skill of speaking or writing well in a way that moves people.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	writing	write	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	conj	_	_
7	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | the skill *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **write** | gerund | the skill *not said here* |  |  | a way |  | well *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in way=Destination |
| 3 | **move** | present | a way | people |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme people=Result |

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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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He spoke with great eloquence.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:eloquence:x1:1
# text = He spoke with great eloquence.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	eloquence	eloquence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	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 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | He |  |  |  |  | with great eloquence | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with eloquence=Co-Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Her eloquence won the vote.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:eloquence:x2:1
# text = Her eloquence won the vote.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	eloquence	eloquence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | Her eloquence | the vote |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Eventuality |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The gift of eloquence made her a fine speaker.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:eloquence:x3:1
# text = The gift of eloquence made her a fine speaker.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	eloquence	eloquence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the gift of eloquence | a fine speaker | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary speaker=Product |
| 2 | **gift** |  |  | eloquence |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession 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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