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title: masterly — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «masterly» in the school dictionary: Masterly means done with great skill and cleverness. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# masterly

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**Who acts:** Masterly, masterly drawing, Her, editor · **What happens:** mean, do, find, play, win, draw · **To what, where:** pipes, prize

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Masterly means done with great skill and cleverness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:masterly:m1:1
# text = Masterly means done with great skill and cleverness.
1	Masterly	Masterly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	cleverness	cleverness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | Masterly |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | participle | Masterly *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with great skill and cleverness | vn act-114-1 «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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Nowhere could pipes be found as fine as his, or played in so masterly a manner.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:masterly:x1:1
# text = Nowhere could pipes be found as fine as his, or played in so masterly a manner.
1	Nowhere	nowhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	played	play	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	masterly	masterly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | could · passive |  | pipes |  |  |  | fine, nowhere *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **play** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | masterly *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Her masterly drawing won the prize.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:masterly:x2:1
# text = Her masterly drawing won the prize.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	masterly	masterly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | Her masterly drawing | the prize |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality |
| 2 | **draw** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom drawing «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The editor's masterly work pleased everyone.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:masterly:x3:1
# text = The editor's masterly work pleased everyone.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	editor	editor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	masterly	masterly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** |  | the editor |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: 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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