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title: intellect — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «intellect» in the school dictionary: Intellect is the power of the mind to think, understand and reason. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# intellect

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**Who acts:** Intellect, She, Reading, professor · **What happens:** be, think, understand, mean, have, solve · **To what, where:** power, clever person, sharp intellect, puzzles, intellect, man

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Intellect is the power of the mind to think, understand and reason.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intellect:m1:1
# text = Intellect is the power of the mind to think, understand and reason.
1	Intellect	intellect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	understand	understand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Intellect | the power |  |  |  | of the mind | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **understand** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: 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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Intellect can mean a clever person with a great mind.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intellect:m2:1
# text = Intellect can mean a clever person with a great mind.
1	Intellect	intellect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can | Intellect | a clever person |  |  |  | with a great mind | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Topic |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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She has a sharp intellect and solves puzzles fast.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intellect:x1:1
# text = She has a sharp intellect and solves puzzles fast.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	intellect	intellect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	solves	solve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	puzzles	puzzle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | She | a sharp intellect |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intellect=Patient |
| 2 | **solve** | present | She *not said here* | puzzles |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puzzle=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Reading builds the intellect.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intellect:x2:1
# text = Reading builds the intellect.
1	Reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	builds	build	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	intellect	intellect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | present | Reading | the intellect |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset intellect=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The professor was a man of great intellect.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intellect:x3:1
# text = The professor was a man of great intellect.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	professor	professor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	intellect	intellect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the professor | a man |  |  |  | of great intellect | 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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