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title: intensely — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «intensely» in the school dictionary: Intensely means very strongly, deeply or extremely. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# intensely

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**Who acts:** sun, He, She, cheese, They, film · **What happens:** mean, be, stare, train, smell, argue · **To what, where:** dry tree, tree, light blaze

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«intensely» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: [intensely in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/intensely.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Intensely means very strongly, deeply or extremely.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intensely:m1:1
# text = Intensely means very strongly, deeply or extremely.
1	Intensely	intensely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	strongly	strongly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	deeply	deeply	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	extremely	extremely	ADV	RB	_	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | deeply, intensely, strongly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The sun was intensely hot at noon.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intensely:x1:1
# text = The sun was intensely hot at noon.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	intensely	intensely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	noon	noon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the sun |  |  |  | noon | hot, intensely *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He stared intensely at the chessboard.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intensely:x2:1
# text = He stared intensely at the chessboard.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stared	stare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	intensely	intensely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chessboard	chessboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stare** | past | He |  |  |  |  | at the chessboard; intensely *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at chessboard=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She trained intensely for the race.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intensely:x3:1
# text = She trained intensely for the race.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	trained	train	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	intensely	intensely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** | past | She |  |  |  |  | for the race; intensely *property* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cheese smelled intensely of garlic.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intensely:x4:1
# text = The cheese smelled intensely of garlic.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	smelled	smell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	intensely	intensely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	garlic	garlic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **smell** | past | the cheese |  |  |  |  | of garlic; intensely *property* | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of garlic=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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They argued intensely about the rules.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intensely:x5:1
# text = They argued intensely about the rules.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	argued	argue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	intensely	intensely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | past | They |  |  |  |  | about the rules; intensely *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about rule=Topic |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The film was intensely scary.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intensely:x6:1
# text = The film was intensely scary.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	intensely	intensely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the film |  |  |  |  | intensely, scary *property* | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

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So intensely hot it was, indeed, that it caught a dry tree under which Jason was now standing, and set it all in a light blaze.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intensely:x7:1
# text = So intensely hot it was, indeed, that it caught a dry tree under which Jason was now standing, and set it all in a light blaze.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	intensely	intensely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	under	under	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	obl	_	_
17	Jason	Jason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	20	advmod	_	_
20	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
24	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obj	_	_
25	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	24	det	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	light	light	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	blaze	blaze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | hot, indeed, intensely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **catch** | past | it | a dry tree |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme |
| 3 | **stand** | past · progressive | Jason |  |  | a dry tree | now |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under which=Location |
| 4 | **set** | infinitive |  | tree |  | a light blaze |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in blaze=Destination |

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