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title: footnote — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «footnote» in the school dictionary: A note printed at the bottom of a page, giving extra information, a source or a correction. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# footnote

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**Who acts:** note, you, footnote · **What happens:** print, give, look, mean, say, change · **To what, where:** note, bottom, extra information, footnote, word, spelling · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A note printed at the bottom of a page, giving extra information, a source or a correction.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:footnote:m1:1
# text = A note printed at the bottom of a page, giving extra information, a source or a correction.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	printed	print	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
12	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **print** | participle |  | a note *not said here* |  | the bottom of a page |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give** | gerund | a note *not said here* | extra information and a source or a correction |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent information=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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Look at footnote 7 for the meaning of this word.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:footnote:x1:1
# text = Look at footnote 7 for the meaning of this word.
1	Look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	footnote	footnote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	flat	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | footnote |  | for the meaning of this word | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent at footnote=Location for meaning=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** |  |  | this word |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The footnote says the spelling was changed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:footnote:x2:1
# text = The footnote says the spelling was changed.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	footnote	footnote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the footnote |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **change** | past · passive |  | the spelling |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Each footnote is printed below the line.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:footnote:x3:1
# text = Each footnote is printed below the line.
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	footnote	footnote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	printed	print	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	below	below	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **print** | present · passive |  | each footnote |  | the line |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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