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title: embodiment — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «embodiment» in the school dictionary: The embodiment of a quality is a person or thing that shows that quality perfectly. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# embodiment

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**Who acts:** embodiment, person, She, witch, teacher · **What happens:** be, show · **To what, where:** person, quality, real form, embodiment

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The embodiment of a quality is a person or thing that shows that quality perfectly.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:embodiment:m1:1
# text = The embodiment of a quality is a person or thing that shows that quality perfectly.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	embodiment	embodiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	det	_	_
14	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the embodiment of a quality | a person or thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | present | a person or thing | that quality |  |  |  | perfectly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent quality=Recipient |

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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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An embodiment is a real form of an idea or feeling.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:embodiment:m2:1
# text = An embodiment is a real form of an idea or feeling.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	embodiment	embodiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a embodiment | a real form |  |  |  | of a idea or feeling | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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She is the embodiment of kindness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:embodiment:x1:1
# text = She is the embodiment of kindness.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	embodiment	embodiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | She | the embodiment |  |  |  | of kindness | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The witch was the embodiment of evil.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:embodiment:x2:1
# text = The witch was the embodiment of evil.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	embodiment	embodiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	evil	evil	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** | past | the witch | the embodiment |  |  |  | of evil | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Our teacher is the embodiment of patience.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:embodiment:x3:1
# text = Our teacher is the embodiment of patience.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	embodiment	embodiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	patience	patience	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 | Our teacher | the embodiment |  |  |  | of patience | tree rules |

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