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title: grisly — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «grisly» in the school dictionary: Causing horror and disgust; very gruesome, often with death, blood or bones. Do not confuse with «grizzly» (a bear, or grey-haired). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# grisly

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**Who acts:** you, grisly giant, cave, story, grisly ending · **What happens:** cause, not confuse, laugh, hold, have, give · **To what, where:** horror, bones, grisly ending, nightmares, us

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Causing horror and disgust; very gruesome, often with death, blood or bones. Do not confuse with «grizzly» (a bear, or grey-haired).

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*Sentence 1:* Causing horror and disgust; very gruesome, often with death, blood or bones.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:grisly:m1:1
# text = Causing horror and disgust; very gruesome, often with death, blood or bones.
1	Causing	cause	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	horror	horror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	disgust	disgust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	gruesome	gruesome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	often	often	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | gerund |  | horror and disgust |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition horror=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Do not confuse with «grizzly» (a bear, or grey-haired).

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:grisly:m1:2
# text = Do not confuse with «grizzly» (a bear, or grey-haired).
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	confuse	confuse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	grizzly	grizzly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	haired	haired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **confuse** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with grizzly | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with grizzly=Co-Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The grisly giant laughed in the dark.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:grisly:x1:1
# text = The grisly giant laughed in the dark.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	grisly	grisly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past | the grisly giant |  |  |  |  | in the dark | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in dark=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The cave held grisly bones.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:grisly:x2:1
# text = The cave held grisly bones.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	grisly	grisly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle | the cave *not said here* | bones |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The story had a grisly ending that gave us nightmares.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:grisly:x3:1
# text = The story had a grisly ending that gave us nightmares.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	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	grisly	grisly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ending	ending	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	iobj	_	_
10	nightmares	nightmare	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the story | a grisly ending |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ending=Patient |
| 2 | **give** | past | a grisly ending | nightmares | us |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient nightmare=Theme |

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