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title: mountainous — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mountainous» in the school dictionary: Mountainous means having many mountains. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# mountainous

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**Who acts:** Mountainous, Switzerland, road, Few people, Mountainous waves, We · **What happens:** mean, have, be, live, crash, hike · **To what, where:** many mountains, mountainous country, mountainous places, ship, mountainous land, lot

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«mountainous» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [mountainous in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mountainous.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mountainous means having many mountains.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mountainous:m1:1
# text = Mountainous means having many mountains.
1	Mountainous	mountainous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Mountainous |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** *not said to happen* | gerund | Mountainous *not said here* | many mountains |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mountain=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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mountainous can mean huge, like mountainous waves.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mountainous:m2:1
# text = Mountainous can mean huge, like mountainous waves.
1	Mountainous	mountainous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	mountainous	mountainous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Switzerland is a mountainous country.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mountainous:x1:1
# text = Switzerland is a mountainous country.
1	Switzerland	Switzerland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	mountainous	mountainous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Switzerland | a mountainous country |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The road through the mountainous area was narrow and steep.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mountainous:x2:1
# text = The road through the mountainous area was narrow and steep.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	mountainous	mountainous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the road through the mountainous area |  |  |  |  | narrow *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the road through the mountainous area *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Few people live in mountainous places.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mountainous:x3:1
# text = Few people live in mountainous places.
1	Few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	mountainous	mountainous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Few people |  |  | mountainous places |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Mountainous waves crashed over the ship.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mountainous:x4:1
# text = Mountainous waves crashed over the ship.
1	Mountainous	mountainous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	crashed	crash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crash** | past | Mountainous waves |  |  | the ship |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over ship=Location |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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We hiked across mountainous land.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mountainous:x5:1
# text = We hiked across mountainous land.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hiked	hike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	across	across	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	mountainous	mountainous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	land	land	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 | **hike** | past | We |  |  | mountainous land |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across land=Trajectory |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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It snows a lot in mountainous regions.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mountainous:x6:1
# text = It snows a lot in mountainous regions.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	snows	snow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	mountainous	mountainous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	regions	region	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snow** | present | It | a lot |  | mountainous regions |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Ho! ho! ho!" quoth the Giant, shaking his mountainous sides.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mountainous:x7:1
# text = "Ho! ho! ho!" quoth the Giant, shaking his mountainous sides.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Ho	Ho	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
4	ho	ho	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
6	ho	ho	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
9	quoth	quoth	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	mountainous	mountainous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **quoth** | present | Ho ho | the Giant |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **shake** | gerund | Ho ho *not said here* | ho's mountainous sides |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent side=Patient |

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