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title: imperious — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «imperious» in the school dictionary: Imperious means bossy and commanding, used to being obeyed, though it can also be a proud kind of charm. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# imperious

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**Who acts:** Imperious, it, you, she, queen, eyes · **What happens:** mean, command, use, obey, be, come · **To what, where:** proud kind, imperious voice, imperious look, him · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Imperious means bossy and commanding, used to being obeyed, though it can also be a proud kind of charm.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:imperious:m1:1
# text = Imperious means bossy and commanding, used to being obeyed, though it can also be a proud kind of charm.
1	Imperious	imperious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bossy	bossy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	commanding	command	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
8	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	obeyed	obey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
12	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
15	also	also	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	cop	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Imperious |  |  |  |  | bossy *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **command** | gerund | Imperious *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **use** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **obey** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP» |
| 5 | **is a** | can | it | a proud kind |  |  |  | of charm | tree rules |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Come here at once," she said in an imperious voice.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:imperious:x1:1
# text = "Come here at once," she said in an imperious voice.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Come	come	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	imperious	imperious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | here |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | she |  |  | a imperious voice |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in voice=Manner |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The queen gave an imperious look.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:imperious:x2:1
# text = The queen gave an imperious look.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	imperious	imperious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	look	look	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 | **give** | past | the queen | a imperious look |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her eyes held him with imperious tenderness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:imperious:x3:1
# text = Her eyes held him with imperious tenderness.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	imperious	imperious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tenderness	tenderness	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 | **hold** | past | Her eyes | him *= he* |  |  |  | with imperious tenderness | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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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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