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title: genteel — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «genteel» in the school dictionary: Genteel means polite and well-mannered, in an old-fashioned way belonging to a respectable, well-off class. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# genteel

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**Who acts:** Genteel, fashioned way, musician, They, It · **What happens:** mean, belong, be, live, keep · **To what, where:** genteel part, dinner

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Genteel means polite and well-mannered, in an old-fashioned way belonging to a respectable, well-off class.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:genteel:m1:1
# text = Genteel means polite and well-mannered, in an old-fashioned way belonging to a respectable, well-off class.
1	Genteel	Genteel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	mannered	mannered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
15	belonging	belong	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	acl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
18	respectable	respectable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	23	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	off	off	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Genteel |  |  |  |  | polite *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **belong** | gerund | a fashioned way *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a respectable class | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=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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The musician was very genteel.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:genteel:x1:1
# text = The musician was very genteel.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	musician	musician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	genteel	genteel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the musician |  |  |  |  | genteel *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They lived in a genteel part of town.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:genteel:x2:1
# text = They lived in a genteel part of town.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	genteel	genteel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | They |  |  | a genteel part of town |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in part=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is more genteel to keep quiet at a dinner.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:genteel:x3:1
# text = It is more genteel to keep quiet at a dinner.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	genteel	genteel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | genteel *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | a dinner |  | quiet *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at dinner=Location |

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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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