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title: heroine — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «heroine» in the school dictionary: The main female character in a story, usually brave or good. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# heroine

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**Who acts:** woman, heroine, hero, Dad · **What happens:** admire, be, climb, rescue, need, say · **To what, where:** clever girl, tower, brother, heroine · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The main female character in a story, usually brave or good.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heroine:m1:1
# text = The main female character in a story, usually brave or good.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	female	female	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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A woman admired for her brave deeds.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heroine:m2:1
# text = A woman admired for her brave deeds.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	admired	admire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	deeds	deed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **admire** | participle | a woman |  |  |  |  | for woman's brave deeds | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for deed=Attribute |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The heroine of the story is a clever girl.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heroine:x1:1
# text = The heroine of the story is a clever girl.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	heroine	heroine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	girl	girl	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 | **is a** | present | the heroine of the story | a clever girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Our heroine climbs the tower to rescue her brother.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heroine:x2:1
# text = Our heroine climbs the tower to rescue her brother.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	heroine	heroine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	climbs	climb	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	rescue	rescue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | present | Our heroine | the tower |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tower=Theme |
| 2 | **rescue** | to-infinitive | Our heroine *not said here* | heroine's brother |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Every hero needs a heroine, Dad said.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heroine:x3:1
# text = Every hero needs a heroine, Dad said.
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	heroine	heroine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | every hero | a heroine |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot heroine=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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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