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title: ephemeral — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ephemeral» in the school dictionary: Ephemeral means lasting only a very short time. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ephemeral

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**Who acts:** Ephemeral, ephemeral fly, joy, Fame, fun · **What happens:** mean, last, live, be, joy, end · **To what, where:** ephemeral, first snow

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«ephemeral» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [ephemeral in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ephemeral.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Ephemeral means lasting only a very short time.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ephemeral:m1:1
# text = Ephemeral means lasting only a very short time.
1	Ephemeral	ephemeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	lasting	last	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Ephemeral |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **last** *not said to happen* | gerund | Ephemeral *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: 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 ephemeral fly lives only one day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ephemeral:x1:1
# text = The ephemeral fly lives only one day.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ephemeral	ephemeral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fly	fly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | the ephemeral fly |  |  |  | day |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The joy of the first snow was ephemeral.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ephemeral:x2:1
# text = The joy of the first snow was ephemeral.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	ephemeral	ephemeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the joy of the first snow | ephemeral |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **joy** |  |  | the first snow |  |  |  |  | nom joy «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Fame can be ephemeral.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ephemeral:x3:1
# text = Fame can be ephemeral.
1	Fame	fame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	ephemeral	ephemeral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | Fame |  |  |  |  | ephemeral *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Their fun was ephemeral and ended at dusk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ephemeral:x4:1
# text = Their fun was ephemeral and ended at dusk.
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	ephemeral	ephemeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Their fun | ephemeral |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **end** | past | Their fun *not said here* |  |  |  | dusk |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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