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title: mope — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mope» in the school dictionary: To mope is to be low, sad and dull, sitting about and not wanting to join in. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# mope

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**Who acts:** you, He, Brer · **What happens:** be, sit about, not want, join in, not mope, go · **To what, where:** room

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To mope is to be low, sad and dull, sitting about and not wanting to join in.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mope:m1:1
# text = To mope is to be low, sad and dull, sitting about and not wanting to join in.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	mope	mope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	advcl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	dull	dull	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	parataxis	_	_
13	about	about	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	wanting	want	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	conj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | low *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **sit about** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **not** **want** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 6 | **join in** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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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Don't mope; go and play with the others.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mope:x1:1
# text = Don't mope; go and play with the others.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	mope	mope	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mope** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **play** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the others | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with other=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He moped in his room all day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mope:x2:1
# text = He moped in his room all day.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	moped	mope	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mope** | past | He |  |  | his room | day |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Brer Rabbit moped about the house, looking sad.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mope:x3:1
# text = Brer Rabbit moped about the house, looking sad.
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	moped	mope	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mope** | past | Brer |  |  |  |  | about the house | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | Brer *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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