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title: grammatical — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «grammatical» in the school dictionary: Correct according to the rules of grammar. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# grammatical

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**Who acts:** grammar, sentence, We, writing, Her, Grammatical rules · **What happens:** accord, rule, do, not be, be, write · **To what, where:** standard English, grammatical error, line · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«grammatical» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: [grammatical in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/grammatical.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Correct according to the rules of grammar.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:grammatical:m1:1
# text = Correct according to the rules of grammar.
1	Correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	2	fixed	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	grammar	grammar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **rule** |  | grammar |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=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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To do with grammar: «a grammatical mistake».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:grammatical:m2:1
# text = To do with grammar: «a grammatical mistake».
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	grammar	grammar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	grammatical	grammatical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with grammar | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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This sentence is not grammatical.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:grammatical:x1:1
# text = This sentence is not grammatical.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	grammatical	grammatical	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 | **not** **is** | present | this sentence |  |  |  |  | grammatical *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Correct the grammatical mistakes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:grammatical:x2:1
# text = Correct the grammatical mistakes.
1	Correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	grammatical	grammatical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 3 {#x3}

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"We was late" is not grammatical in standard English.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:grammatical:x3:1
# text = "We was late" is not grammatical in standard English.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	grammatical	grammatical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	standard	standard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | We |  |  |  |  | late *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present |  |  |  | standard English |  | grammatical *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Her writing is clear and grammatical.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:grammatical:x4:1
# text = Her writing is clear and grammatical.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	grammatical	grammatical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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** | present | Her writing |  |  |  |  | clear *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Her writing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **write** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom writing «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Grammatical rules can be tricky.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:grammatical:x5:1
# text = Grammatical rules can be tricky.
1	Grammatical	grammatical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	tricky	tricky	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** | can | Grammatical rules |  |  |  |  | tricky *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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Find the grammatical error in each line.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:grammatical:x6:1
# text = Find the grammatical error in each line.
1	Find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	grammatical	grammatical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | imperative | you *not said here* | the grammatical error |  | each line |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent error=Topic |

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