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title: frontispiece — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «frontispiece» in the school dictionary: A picture facing the title page at the front of an old book. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# frontispiece

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**Who acts:** picture, frontispiece, artist · **What happens:** face, be, draw, show · **To what, where:** title page, front, picture, frontispiece, Sea Maiden

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A picture facing the title page at the front of an old book.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frontispiece:m1:1
# text = A picture facing the title page at the front of an old book.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	facing	face	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **face** | gerund | a picture *not said here* | the title page |  | the front of a old book |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme page=Destination |

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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 frontispiece is a picture of a ship.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frontispiece:x1:1
# text = The frontispiece is a picture of a ship.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	frontispiece	frontispiece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the frontispiece | a picture |  |  |  | of a ship | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The artist drew the frontispiece for the book.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frontispiece:x2:1
# text = The artist drew the frontispiece for the book.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	artist	artist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	frontispiece	frontispiece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | the artist | the frontispiece |  |  |  | for the book | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent frontispiece=Result for book=Beneficiary |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The frontispiece shows the Sea-Maiden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frontispiece:x3:1
# text = The frontispiece shows the Sea-Maiden.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	frontispiece	frontispiece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Maiden	Maiden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | the frontispiece |  | the Sea Maiden |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent maiden=Recipient |

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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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