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title: grotesque — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «grotesque» in the school dictionary: Strange, distorted and ugly in a silly or frightening way. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# grotesque

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**Who acts:** grotesque, gargoyle, devil · **What happens:** distort, carve, paint, be, have, look · **To what, where:** strange carved figure, grotesque face, Grotesque faces, carved walls

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Strange, distorted and ugly in a silly or frightening way.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:grotesque:m1:1
# text = Strange, distorted and ugly in a silly or frightening way.
1	Strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	distorted	distort	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	ugly	ugly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	frightening	frightening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **distort** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material |

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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 grotesque is a strange carved or painted figure. (noun).

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*Sentence 1:* A grotesque is a strange carved or painted figure.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:grotesque:m2:1
# text = A grotesque is a strange carved or painted figure.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grotesque	grotesque	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
5	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
6	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
9	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **paint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present | a grotesque | a strange carved figure |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 2:* (noun).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:grotesque:m2:2
# text = (noun).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	noun	noun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The gargoyle had a grotesque face.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:grotesque:x1:1
# text = The gargoyle had a grotesque face.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gargoyle	gargoyle	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	grotesque	grotesque	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the gargoyle | a grotesque face |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The devil looked grotesque in the firelight.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:grotesque:x2:1
# text = The devil looked grotesque in the firelight.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	devil	devil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	grotesque	grotesque	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	firelight	firelight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | the devil |  |  |  |  | in the firelight; grotesque *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in firelight=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Grotesque faces grinned at us from the carved walls.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:grotesque:x3:1
# text = Grotesque faces grinned at us from the carved walls.
1	Grotesque	grotesque	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	grinned	grin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grin** | participle |  | Grotesque faces *not said here* |  | the carved walls |  | at us | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **carve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «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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