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title: ogress — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ogress» in the school dictionary: An ogress is a female ogre, a huge, frightening giantess in stories who eats people. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ogress

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**Who acts:** ogress, huge frightening giantess · **What happens:** be, eat, reply, guard, hide · **To what, where:** female ogre, people, fierce woman, castle gate, ring, stomach

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An ogress is a female ogre, a huge, frightening giantess in stories who eats people.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ogress:m1:1
# text = An ogress is a female ogre, a huge, frightening giantess in stories who eats people.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ogress	ogress	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	female	female	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ogre	ogre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
9	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	frightening	frightening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	giantess	giantess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
17	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	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 ogress | a female ogre |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | present | a huge frightening giantess in stories | people |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=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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An ogress is a fierce or cruel woman, as a joke.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ogress:m2:1
# text = An ogress is a fierce or cruel woman, as a joke.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ogress	ogress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a ogress | a fierce woman and a joke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Yes, I will,» replied the ogress.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ogress:x1:1
# text = «Yes, I will,» replied the ogress.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
8	replied	reply	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ogress	ogress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | future | the ogress |  |  |  |  |  | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The ogress guarded the castle gate.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ogress:x2:1
# text = The ogress guarded the castle gate.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ogress	ogress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	guarded	guard	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | past | the ogress | the castle gate |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Beneficiary |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The ogress hid the ring in her stomach.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ogress:x3:1
# text = The ogress hid the ring in her stomach.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ogress	ogress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **hide** | past | the ogress | the ring |  | ogress's stomach |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ring=Patient in stomach=Location |

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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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