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title: extempore — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «extempore» in the school dictionary: Spoken or done without preparation, on the spot, without notes. (formal, rare). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# extempore

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**Who acts:** students, He, She · **What happens:** speak, do, give, sing · **To what, where:** extempore speeches, extempore song, extempore · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Spoken or done without preparation, on the spot, without notes. (formal, rare).

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*Sentence 1:* Spoken or done without preparation, on the spot, without notes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:extempore:m1:1
# text = Spoken or done without preparation, on the spot, without notes.
1	Spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	preparation	preparation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	without	without	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	notes	note	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | without preparation | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* (formal, rare).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:extempore:m1:2
# text = (formal, rare).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The students gave extempore speeches.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:extempore:x1:1
# text = The students gave extempore speeches.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	students	student	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	extempore	extempore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	speeches	speech	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **give** | past | the students | extempore speeches |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He sang an extempore song.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:extempore:x2:1
# text = He sang an extempore song.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	extempore	extempore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | He | a extempore song |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She spoke extempore to the class.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:extempore:x3:1
# text = She spoke extempore to the class.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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	extempore	extempore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	class	class	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 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | She | extempore |  |  |  | to the class | tree rules |

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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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