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title: matronly — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «matronly» in the school dictionary: Matronly means like a sensible, dignified, older married woman, often a little plump and serious. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# matronly

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**Who acts:** Matronly, matronly lady, matronly manner, everyone, Hera · **What happens:** mean, dignify, scold, run, make, sit up · **To what, where:** boys, everyone, matronly look

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Matronly means like a sensible, dignified, older married woman, often a little plump and serious.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:matronly:m1:1
# text = Matronly means like a sensible, dignified, older married woman, often a little plump and serious.
1	Matronly	matronly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
5	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	dignified	dignify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	amod	_	_
10	married	married	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	often	often	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	plump	plump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Matronly |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **dignify** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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The matronly lady scolded the boys for running.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:matronly:x1:1
# text = The matronly lady scolded the boys for running.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	matronly	matronly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	scolded	scold	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	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scold** | past | the matronly lady | the boys |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme |
| 2 | **run** | gerund | the matronly lady *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Her matronly manner made everyone sit up straight.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:matronly:x2:1
# text = Her matronly manner made everyone sit up straight.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	matronly	matronly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obj	_	_
6	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Her matronly manner | everyone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sit up** | infinitive | everyone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | straight *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Hera had a matronly look of strict virtue.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:matronly:x3:1
# text = Hera had a matronly look of strict virtue.
1	Hera	Hera	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	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	5	det	_	_
4	matronly	matronly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	look	look	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	strict	strict	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	virtue	virtue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Hera | a matronly look of strict virtue |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=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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