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title: glee — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «glee» in the school dictionary: Glee is great joy and happiness, often shown loudly. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# glee

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**Who acts:** Glee, glee club, people, They, children, bell · **What happens:** be, show, sing, shout, hoot, clap · **To what, where:** great joy, group

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«glee» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: [glee in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/glee.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Glee is great joy and happiness, often shown loudly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:glee:m1:1
# text = Glee is great joy and happiness, often shown loudly.
1	Glee	glee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	happiness	happiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	often	often	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
10	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	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 a** | present | Glee | great joy and happiness |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | participle | Glee *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loudly, often *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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A glee-club is a group of people who sing together for fun.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:glee:m2:1
# text = A glee-club is a group of people who sing together for fun.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	glee	glee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	together	together	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a glee club | a group |  |  |  | of people | tree rules |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | people |  |  |  |  | for fun; together *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for fun=Recipient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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They shouted and hooted with great glee.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:glee:x1:1
# text = They shouted and hooted with great glee.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	hooted	hoot	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	glee	glee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hoot** | past | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with great glee | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with glee=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Hurrah for a workman's life of glee!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:glee:x2:1
# text = Hurrah for a workman's life of glee!
1	Hurrah	Hurrah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	workman	workman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	glee	glee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The children clapped with glee when the bell rang.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:glee:x3:1
# text = The children clapped with glee when the bell rang.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	clapped	clap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	glee	glee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clap** | past | the children |  |  |  |  | with glee | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with glee=Theme |
| 2 | **ring** | past | the bell |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Our glee-club sings on Friday evening.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:glee:x4:1
# text = Our glee-club sings on Friday evening.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	glee	glee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sings	sing	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | Our glee club |  |  |  | evening |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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