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title: fickle — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «fickle» in the school dictionary: Fickle means changing often in what one likes or loves, so one cannot be trusted to stay the same. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# fickle

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**Who acts:** Fickle, one, fickle prince, prince, weather, you · **What happens:** mean, change, like, love, not trust, stay · **To what, where:** one, girl, fickle friend

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Fickle means changing often in what one likes or loves, so one cannot be trusted to stay the same.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fickle:m1:1
# text = Fickle means changing often in what one likes or loves, so one cannot be trusted to stay the same.
1	Fickle	Fickle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	changing	change	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	often	often	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	obl	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nsubj	_	_
8	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
13	one	one	PRON	PRP	PronType=Ind	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Fickle |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **change** *not said to happen* | gerund | Fickle *not said here* |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **like** | present | one |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **love** | present | one *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **not** **trust** | can · passive |  | one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **stay** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | same *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: 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 fickle prince soon forgot the girl he had promised to marry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fickle:x1:1
# text = The fickle prince soon forgot the girl he had promised to marry.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fickle	fickle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	promised	promise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | the fickle prince | the girl |  |  |  | soon *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · perfect | prince | the girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The weather in April is fickle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fickle:x2:1
# text = The weather in April is fickle.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	April	April	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	fickle	fickle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the weather in April |  |  |  |  | fickle *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Do not trust a fickle friend.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fickle:x3:1
# text = Do not trust a fickle friend.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	trust	trust	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	fickle	fickle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **trust** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | a fickle friend |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme |

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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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