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title: mayhap — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mayhap» in the school dictionary: Mayhap means perhaps or maybe; it is an old word for a guess about what may happen. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# mayhap

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**Who acts:** Mayhap, it, guess, thou · **What happens:** mean, be, happen, do, say, find · **To what, where:** old word, Mayhap, treasure, them, danger · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Mayhap means perhaps or maybe; it is an old word for a guess about what may happen.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mayhap:m1:1
# text = Mayhap means perhaps or maybe; it is an old word for a guess about what may happen.
1	Mayhap	Mayhap	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	guess	guess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
17	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	acl	_	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 | Mayhap |  |  |  |  | perhaps *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | a old word |  |  |  | for a guess | tree rules |
| 3 | **happen** | may | a guess |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Mayhap thou wilt do so, said she.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mayhap:x1:1
# text = Mayhap thou wilt do so, said she.
1	Mayhap	Mayhap	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
3	wilt	will	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | future | thou | Mayhap *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mayhap=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Mayhap |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Mayhap under the stones you will find a treasure.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mayhap:x2:1
# text = Mayhap under the stones you will find a treasure.
1	Mayhap	Mayhap	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | future | Mayhap under the stones | a treasure |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Mayhap it will save them from danger.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mayhap:x3:1
# text = Mayhap it will save them from danger.
1	Mayhap	Mayhap	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	danger	danger	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 | **save** | future | Mayhap | them *= they* |  | danger |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from danger=Source |

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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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