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title: hieroglyphic — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «hieroglyphic» in the school dictionary: Written in picture signs, as the ancient Egyptians wrote. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# hieroglyphic

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**Who acts:** ancient Egyptians, tomb, Hieroglyphic writing, markings, Its · **What happens:** write, read, have, use, look, mark · **To what, where:** picture signs, hieroglyphic signs, wall, pictures, hieroglyphic, me

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Written in picture signs, as the ancient Egyptians wrote.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hieroglyphic:m1:1
# text = Written in picture signs, as the ancient Egyptians wrote.
1	Written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Egyptians	Egyptian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | participle |  |  |  | picture signs |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in sign=Destination |
| 2 | **write** | past | the ancient Egyptians |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hard to read, like secret picture writing.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hieroglyphic:m2:1
# text = Hard to read, like secret picture writing.
1	Hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | like secret picture writing | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The tomb had hieroglyphic signs on the wall.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hieroglyphic:x1:1
# text = The tomb had hieroglyphic signs on the wall.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tomb	tomb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	hieroglyphic	hieroglyphic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the tomb | hieroglyphic signs |  | the wall |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Hieroglyphic writing uses pictures for sounds and ideas.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hieroglyphic:x2:1
# text = Hieroglyphic writing uses pictures for sounds and ideas.
1	Hieroglyphic	hieroglyphic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	ideas	idea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | Hieroglyphic writing | pictures |  |  |  | for sounds and ideas | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent picture=Theme for sound=Eventuality |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Its markings looked hieroglyphic to me.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hieroglyphic:x3:1
# text = Its markings looked hieroglyphic to me.
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	markings	marking	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	hieroglyphic	hieroglyphic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | Its markings | hieroglyphic | me |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hieroglyphic=Attribute |
| 2 | **mark** |  | Its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom marking «communication transitive»: poss=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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