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title: manly — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «manly» in the school dictionary: Manly means brave, strong and having the qualities thought right for a man. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# manly

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**Who acts:** Manly, having, It, Jonas, He · **What happens:** mean, have, think, not be, take, say · **To what, where:** qualities, revenge, deep manly voice · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Manly means brave, strong and having the qualities thought right for a man.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:manly:m1:1
# text = Manly means brave, strong and having the qualities thought right for a man.
1	Manly	manly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	qualities	quality	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Manly |  |  |  |  | brave *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | gerund |  | the qualities |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quality=Patient |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | having |  |  |  |  | right *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: 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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It is not manly to take revenge like that.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:manly:x1:1
# text = It is not manly to take revenge like that.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	manly	manly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	csubj	_	_
7	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | manly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive |  | revenge |  |  |  | like that | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent revenge=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Jonas said going alone was more manly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:manly:x2:1
# text = Jonas said going alone was more manly.
1	Jonas	Jonas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	obj	_	_
7	manly	manly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jonas |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** | gerund | Jonas *not said here* |  |  |  |  | alone, manly *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | more *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He had a deep, manly voice.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:manly:x3:1
# text = He had a deep, manly voice.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	manly	manly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | He | a deep manly voice |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Patient |

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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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