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title: funereal — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «funereal» in the school dictionary: Funereal means connected with a funeral, or slow, sad and dark like one. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# funereal

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**Who acts:** Funereal, They, mourners, room · **What happens:** mean, connect, hold, walk, have · **To what, where:** funereal rites, funereal silence, funereal gloom · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Funereal means connected with a funeral, or slow, sad and dark like one.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:funereal:m1:1
# text = Funereal means connected with a funeral, or slow, sad and dark like one.
1	Funereal	funereal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	connected	connect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Funereal |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **connect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with a funeral | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient with funeral=Co-Patient |

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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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They held funereal rites for the hero.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:funereal:x1:1
# text = They held funereal rites for the hero.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	funereal	funereal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	rites	rite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | They | funereal rites |  |  |  | for the hero | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rite=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The mourners walked in funereal silence.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:funereal:x2:1
# text = The mourners walked in funereal silence.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mourners	mourner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	funereal	funereal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | the mourners |  |  | funereal silence |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in silence=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The room had a funereal gloom.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:funereal:x3:1
# text = The room had a funereal gloom.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	funereal	funereal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	gloom	gloom	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 | **have** | past | the room | a funereal gloom |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gloom=Patient |

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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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