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title: masculine — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «masculine» in the school dictionary: Having qualities that people traditionally think of as typical of men or boys, such as a deep voice. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# masculine

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**Who acts:** people, languages, class, soleil, Prince, voice · **What happens:** have, think, belong, describe, call, be · **To what, where:** Having qualities, nouns, English, masculine, masculine forms, class · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«masculine» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings 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: [masculine in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/masculine.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Having qualities that people traditionally think of as typical of men or boys, such as a deep voice.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:masculine:m1:1
# text = Having qualities that people traditionally think of as typical of men or boys, such as a deep voice.
1	Having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	amod	_	_
2	qualities	quality	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	traditionally	traditionally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	obl	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	typical	typical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	19	case	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	fixed	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | people | Having qualities |  |  |  | as typical; traditionally *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot that=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Belonging to or suitable for men.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:masculine:m2:1
# text = Belonging to or suitable for men.
1	Belonging	belong	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	suitable	suitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to suitable | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: grammar — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In languages like French, Spanish, German or Ukrainian, describing nouns and words of a class called «masculine»; in English, words like «he», «king», «actor» are masculine forms.

<!-- fold The tree, 27 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:masculine:m3:1
# text = In languages like French, Spanish, German or Ukrainian, describing nouns and words of a class called «masculine»; in English, words like «he», «king», «actor» are masculine forms.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	languages	language	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	nsubj	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	German	German	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	describing	describe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
13	nouns	noun	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
20	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	masculine	masculine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	conj	_	_
28	like	like	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	actor	actor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	38	punct	_	_
40	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	cop	_	_
41	masculine	masculine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	forms	form	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	42	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | gerund | languages like French *not said here* | nouns and words of a class |  | English and words like French |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent noun=Theme |
| 2 | **call** | participle | a class *not said here* | masculine |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present | languages like French | masculine forms |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **word** |  |  | a class |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In French, «le soleil» is a masculine noun.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:masculine:x1:1
# text = In French, «le soleil» is a masculine noun.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	le	le	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	soleil	soleil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	masculine	masculine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	noun	noun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | le soleil | a masculine noun |  | French |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Prince» is the masculine form of «princess».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:masculine:x2:1
# text = «Prince» is the masculine form of «princess».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	masculine	masculine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Prince | the masculine form |  |  |  | of princess | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His voice became deeper and more masculine as he grew up.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:masculine:x3:1
# text = His voice became deeper and more masculine as he grew up.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	deeper	deep	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	masculine	masculine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | His voice |  |  |  |  | deep, masculine *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **grow up** | past | voice |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The room was decorated in a masculine style with dark wood.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:masculine:x4:1
# text = The room was decorated in a masculine style with dark wood.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	decorated	decorate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	masculine	masculine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	style	style	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decorate** | past · passive |  | the room |  |  |  | in a masculine style with dark wood | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in style=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In Spanish, most masculine nouns end in -o.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:masculine:x5:1
# text = In Spanish, most masculine nouns end in -o.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Spanish	Spanish	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
5	masculine	masculine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	nouns	noun	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	end	end	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	o	o	NOUN	NN	_	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | present | most masculine nouns |  |  | Spanish |  | in o | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some people think pink isn't masculine, but anyone can wear pink.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:masculine:x6:1
# text = Some people think pink isn't masculine, but anyone can wear pink.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	pink	pink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	masculine	masculine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	nsubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
13	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | some people |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | pink |  |  |  |  | masculine *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **wear** | can | anyone | pink |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent pink=Source |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«He» and «him» are masculine pronouns.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:masculine:x7:1
# text = «He» and «him» are masculine pronouns.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	masculine	masculine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	pronouns	pronoun	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | masculine pronouns |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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