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title: odorous — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «odorous» in the school dictionary: Odorous means having a smell, usually a pleasant or strong one. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# odorous

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**Who acts:** Odorous, garden, She · **What happens:** mean, have, describe, smell, be, hang · **To what, where:** smell, something, odorous herbs, kitchen · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Odorous means having a smell, usually a pleasant or strong one.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:odorous:m1:1
# text = Odorous means having a smell, usually a pleasant or strong one.
1	Odorous	Odorous	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	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	ccomp	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
9	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
12	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Odorous |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | gerund |  | a smell |  |  |  | a pleasant one *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smell=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}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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Odorous describes something sweet-smelling, like flowers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:odorous:m2:1
# text = Odorous describes something sweet-smelling, like flowers.
1	Odorous	Odorous	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	smelling	smell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **describe** | present | Odorous | something |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent something=Theme |
| 2 | **smell** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | like flowers | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The garden was odorous with roses.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:odorous:x1:1
# text = The garden was odorous with roses.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	odorous	odorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the garden |  |  |  |  | with roses; odorous *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The odorous herbs hung in the kitchen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:odorous:x2:1
# text = The odorous herbs hung in the kitchen.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	odorous	odorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	hung	hang	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | participle · passive |  | the odorous herbs |  | the kitchen |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in kitchen=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She was as white and odorous as the blossom.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:odorous:x3:1
# text = She was as white and odorous as the blossom.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	odorous	odorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	blossom	blossom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | She |  |  |  |  | white *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as the blossom | 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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