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title: narcissus — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «narcissus» in the school dictionary: A narcissus is a spring flower with a trumpet-shaped middle, such as the daffodil. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# narcissus

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**Who acts:** narcissus, youth · **What happens:** be, shape, fall, bloom, stare · **To what, where:** spring flower, youth, myth, love, narcissus

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A narcissus is a spring flower with a trumpet-shaped middle, such as the daffodil.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:narcissus:m1:1
# text = A narcissus is a spring flower with a trumpet-shaped middle, such as the daffodil.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	narcissus	narcissus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
9	trumpet	trumpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	17	case	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	fixed	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	daffodil	daffodil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a narcissus | a spring flower and the daffodil |  |  |  | with a shaped middle | tree rules |
| 2 | **shape** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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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In myth, Narcissus was a youth who fell in love with his own reflection.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:narcissus:m2:1
# text = In myth, Narcissus was a youth who fell in love with his own reflection.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	myth	myth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Narcissus	Narcissus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	reflection	reflection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Narcissus | a youth |  | myth |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall** | past | a youth |  |  | love |  | with Narcissus's own reflection | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The narcissus bloomed by the pond.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:narcissus:x1:1
# text = The narcissus bloomed by the pond.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	narcissus	narcissus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	bloomed	bloom	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **bloom** | participle |  | the narcissus *not said here* |  |  |  | by the pond | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by pond=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Narcissus stared at his reflection in the water.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:narcissus:x2:1
# text = Narcissus stared at his reflection in the water.
1	Narcissus	Narcissus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stared	stare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	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	reflection	reflection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stare** | past | Narcissus |  |  |  |  | in the water; at Narcissus's reflection | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at reflection=Theme |

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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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