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title: mortally — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mortally» in the school dictionary: Mortally means so badly that death is sure to follow: «mortally wounded». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# mortally

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**Who acts:** death, afraid, he, boatmen, poor old woman · **What happens:** mean, be, follow, sink down, take, wound · **To what, where:** sure aim, her

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«mortally» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [mortally in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mortally.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Mortally means so badly that death is sure to follow: «mortally wounded».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mortally:m1:1
# text = Mortally means so badly that death is sure to follow: «mortally wounded».
1	Mortally	mortally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
4	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	mortally	mortally	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	wounded	wounded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | mortally *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | death |  |  |  |  | badly, sure *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **follow** | to-infinitive | death *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

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«Mortally afraid» means extremely frightened.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mortally:m2:1
# text = «Mortally afraid» means extremely frightened.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Mortally	mortally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	extremely	extremely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	frightened	frightened	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | afraid |  |  |  |  | frightened *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Mortally wounded with several thrusts, he sank down.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mortally:x1:1
# text = Mortally wounded with several thrusts, he sank down.
1	Mortally	mortally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	wounded	wounded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	thrusts	thrust	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	down	down	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink down** | past | he |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The boatmen took a sure aim and mortally wounded her.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mortally:x2:1
# text = The boatmen took a sure aim and mortally wounded her.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boatmen	boatman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	aim	aim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	mortally	mortally	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	wounded	wound	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | the boatmen | a sure aim |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aim=Theme |
| 2 | **wound** | past | the boatmen *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  | mortally *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The poor old woman was mortally afraid.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mortally:x3:1
# text = The poor old woman was mortally afraid.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	mortally	mortally	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the poor old woman |  |  |  |  | afraid, mortally *property* | tree rules |

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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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