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title: masquerade — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «masquerade» in the school dictionary: A masquerade is a party where people wear masks and costumes. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# masquerade

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**Who acts:** masquerade, people, figures, good folks · **What happens:** be, wear, masquerade, return, come · **To what, where:** party, masks, someone, masquerade, thief

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A masquerade is a party where people wear masks and costumes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:masquerade:m1:1
# text = A masquerade is a party where people wear masks and costumes.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	masquerade	masquerade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	wear	wear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	masks	mask	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	costumes	costume	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a masquerade | a party |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | present | people | masks and costumes |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent mask=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}

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To masquerade is to pretend to be someone you are not.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:masquerade:m2:1
# text = To masquerade is to pretend to be someone you are not.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	masquerade	masquerade	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	pretend	pretend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	xcomp	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **masquerade** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | pretend *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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What odd figures! They must be returning from some masquerade.

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*Sentence 1:* What odd figures!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:masquerade:x1:1
# text = What odd figures!
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	odd	odd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	figures	figure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* They must be returning from some masquerade.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:masquerade:x1:2
# text = They must be returning from some masquerade.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	returning	return	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	masquerade	masquerade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | must · progressive | figures *= figure* |  |  | some masquerade |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from masquerade=Initial\_Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The good folks come probably from a masquerade!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:masquerade:x2:1
# text = The good folks come probably from a masquerade!
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	folks	folk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	masquerade	masquerade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | the good folks |  |  | a masquerade |  | probably *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from masquerade=Initial\_Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The thief masqueraded as a doctor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:masquerade:x3:1
# text = The thief masqueraded as a doctor.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	masqueraded	masquerade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **masquerade** | participle |  | the thief *not said here* |  |  |  | as a doctor | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as doctor=Attribute |

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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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