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title: incredible — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «incredible» in the school dictionary: So amazing that it is hard to believe: an incredible trick. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# incredible

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**Who acts:** cake, magician, gods · **What happens:** be, believe, do, travel · **To what, where:** incredible trick, incredible distances

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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So amazing that it is hard to believe: an incredible trick.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:incredible:m1:1
# text = So amazing that it is hard to believe: an incredible trick.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	amazing	amazing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	expl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	believe	believe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	incredible	incredible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **believe** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

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Very good: that cake was incredible!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:incredible:m2:1
# text = Very good: that cake was incredible!
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	incredible	incredible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that cake |  |  |  |  | incredible *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The magician did an incredible trick.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:incredible:x1:1
# text = The magician did an incredible trick.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	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	incredible	incredible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	trick	trick	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 | **do** | past | the magician | a incredible trick |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Eventuality |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The gods could travel incredible distances.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:incredible:x2:1
# text = The gods could travel incredible distances.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	travel	travel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	incredible	incredible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	distances	distance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | could | the gods | incredible distances |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme distance=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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That cake was incredible!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:incredible:x3:1
# text = That cake was incredible!
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	incredible	incredible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that cake |  |  |  |  | incredible *property* | tree rules |

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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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