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title: jaunty — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «jaunty» in the school dictionary: Cheerful, lively and smart in looks or manner: a jaunty hat. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# jaunty

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**Who acts:** He, jaunty tune, us, jaunty walk, walk, Her · **What happens:** wear, make, dance, show, be, walk · **To what, where:** jaunty red cap, us · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Cheerful, lively and smart in looks or manner: a jaunty hat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jaunty:m1:1
# text = Cheerful, lively and smart in looks or manner: a jaunty hat.
1	Cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	lively	lively	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	smart	smart	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	looks	look	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	jaunty	jaunty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Bold and carefree.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jaunty:m2:1
# text = Bold and carefree.
1	Bold	bold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	carefree	carefree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He wore a jaunty red cap.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jaunty:x1:1
# text = He wore a jaunty red cap.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	jaunty	jaunty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | He | a jaunty red cap |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cap=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The jaunty tune made us dance.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jaunty:x2:1
# text = The jaunty tune made us dance.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	jaunty	jaunty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	dance	dance	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the jaunty tune | us |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dance** | infinitive | us *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Her jaunty walk showed she was pleased.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jaunty:x3:1
# text = Her jaunty walk showed she was pleased.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	jaunty	jaunty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | Her jaunty walk |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | walk |  |  |  |  | pleased *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **walk** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom walk «act 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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