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title: myriad — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «myriad» in the school dictionary: A myriad is a very great number, far more than anyone could count: a myriad of stars. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# myriad

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**Who acts:** myriad, anyone, myriads, gnats · **What happens:** be, count, mean, dance, glow, fill · **To what, where:** great number, many, lake, palace, sky

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A myriad is a very great number, far more than anyone could count: a myriad of stars.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:myriad:m1:1
# text = A myriad is a very great number, far more than anyone could count: a myriad of stars.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	myriad	myriad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
10	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	parataxis	_	_
11	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	14	nsubj	_	_
13	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	myriad	myriad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a myriad | a great number |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **count** | could | anyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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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: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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«Myriad» can also mean countless, very many: myriad lights.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:myriad:m2:1
# text = «Myriad» can also mean countless, very many: myriad lights.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Myriad	myriad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	also	also	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	countless	countless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
12	myriad	myriad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can | Myriad | many and myriad lights |  |  |  | countless *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Topic |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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There were myriads of gnats dancing over the lake.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:myriad:x1:1
# text = There were myriads of gnats dancing over the lake.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	myriads	myriad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	gnats	gnat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | myriads of gnats |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **dance** | gerund | gnats *not said here* |  |  | the lake |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over lake=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The palace glowed with myriad lights.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:myriad:x2:1
# text = The palace glowed with myriad lights.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	glowed	glow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	myriad	myriad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** | participle |  | the palace *not said here* |  |  |  | with myriad lights | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with light=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A myriad of stars filled the sky.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:myriad:x3:1
# text = A myriad of stars filled the sky.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	myriad	myriad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	filled	fill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | past | a myriad of stars | the sky |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sky=Patient |

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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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