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title: gaiety — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «gaiety» in the school dictionary: Gaiety is a happy, lively feeling; cheerfulness. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# gaiety

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**Who acts:** Gaiety, Gaieties, whole village, king, She · **What happens:** be, hold, laugh · **To what, where:** happy lively feeling, merry parties, gaieties, party

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«gaiety» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [gaiety in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gaiety.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Gaiety is a happy, lively feeling; cheerfulness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gaiety:m1:1
# text = Gaiety is a happy, lively feeling; cheerfulness.
1	Gaiety	gaiety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	lively	lively	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
9	cheerfulness	cheerfulness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Gaiety | a happy lively feeling and cheerfulness |  |  |  |  | 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Gaieties are merry parties or entertainments.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gaiety:m2:1
# text = Gaieties are merry parties or entertainments.
1	Gaieties	gaiety	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	merry	merry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	entertainments	entertainment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Gaieties | merry parties or entertainments |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The whole village was full of gaiety.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gaiety:x1:1
# text = The whole village was full of gaiety.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	gaiety	gaiety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the whole village |  |  |  |  | of gaiety; full *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The king held gaieties every night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gaiety:x2:1
# text = The king held gaieties every night.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	gaieties	gaiety	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle | the king | gaieties |  |  | night |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gaiety=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She laughed with gaiety at the party.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gaiety:x3:1
# text = She laughed with gaiety at the party.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	gaiety	gaiety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	party	party	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 | **laugh** | past | She |  |  | the party |  | with gaiety | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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