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title: fop — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «fop» in the school dictionary: A man who cares too much about his clothes and looks, and who is vain and silly about them. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# fop

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**Who acts:** man, fop, Rudy, stranger · **What happens:** care, be, spend, fix, say, wear · **To what, where:** much, hair, fop, newest coat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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A man who cares too much about his clothes and looks, and who is vain and silly about them.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fop:m1:1
# text = A man who cares too much about his clothes and looks, and who is vain and silly about them.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cares	care	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obj	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	looks	look	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	vain	vain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	conj	_	_
19	about	about	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | present | a man | much |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | vain *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  | about looks *= look* | tree rules |

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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 fop spent an hour fixing his hair.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fop:x1:1
# text = The fop spent an hour fixing his hair.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fop	fop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	spent	spend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	fixing	fix	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	advcl	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | past | the fop |  |  |  | hour |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fix** | gerund | the fop *not said here* | fop's hair |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hair=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Rudy said the stranger was a fop.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fop:x2:1
# text = Rudy said the stranger was a fop.
1	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fop	fop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Rudy |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the stranger | a fop |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A fop always wears the newest coat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fop:x3:1
# text = A fop always wears the newest coat.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fop	fop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	wears	wear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	newest	new	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | present | a fop | the newest coat |  |  |  | always *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coat=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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