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title: mildness — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mildness» in the school dictionary: The quality of being gentle, soft and kind; not harsh or strong. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# mildness

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**Who acts:** quality, mildness, He · **What happens:** be, calm, answer · **To what, where:** frightened horse, them

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The quality of being gentle, soft and kind; not harsh or strong.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mildness:m1:1
# text = The quality of being gentle, soft and kind; not harsh or strong.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	harsh	harsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | the quality |  |  |  |  | gentle *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the quality *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | the quality *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her mildness calmed the frightened horse.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mildness:x1:1
# text = Her mildness calmed the frightened horse.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mildness	mildness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	calmed	calm	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	frightened	frightened	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **calm** | past | Her mildness | the frightened horse |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus horse=Experiencer |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The mildness of the spring weather pleased everyone.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mildness:x2:1
# text = The mildness of the spring weather pleased everyone.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mildness	mildness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He answered them with mildness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mildness:x3:1
# text = He answered them with mildness.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	mildness	mildness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | He |  | them *= they* |  |  | with mildness | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality |

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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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