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title: olympian — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «olympian» in the school dictionary: Olympian means belonging to the gods who lived on Mount Olympus in Greek stories. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# olympian

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**Who acts:** Olympian, gods, Olympian gods, statue, She · **What happens:** mean, belong, live, be, give, ignore · **To what, where:** Mount, grand, mountain, size, Olympian smile, fuss

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Olympian means belonging to the gods who lived on Mount Olympus in Greek stories.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:olympian:m1:1
# text = Olympian means belonging to the gods who lived on Mount Olympus in Greek stories.
1	Olympian	olympian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	belonging	belong	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Mount	Mount	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	Olympus	Olympus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Olympian |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **belong** *not said to happen* | gerund | Olympian *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the gods | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **live** | past | the gods |  |  | Mount |  | in Greek stories | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in story=Location |

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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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Olympian also means very grand, lofty, or calm and superior, as if above everyday life.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:olympian:m2:1
# text = Olympian also means very grand, lofty, or calm and superior, as if above everyday life.
1	Olympian	olympian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
2	also	also	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	lofty	lofty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	superior	superior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	above	above	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	everyday	everyday	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Olympian | grand |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grand=Topic |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The Olympian gods lived on the mountain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:olympian:x1:1
# text = The Olympian gods lived on the mountain.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Olympian	olympian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mountain	mountain	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 | **live** | past | the Olympian gods |  |  | the mountain |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on mountain=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The statue of Zeus was Olympian in size.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:olympian:x2:1
# text = The statue of Zeus was Olympian in size.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	Olympian	olympian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the statue of Zeus |  |  | size |  | olympian *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She gave an Olympian smile and ignored the fuss.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:olympian:x3:1
# text = She gave an Olympian smile and ignored the fuss.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Olympian	olympian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	smile	smile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ignored	ignore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fuss	fuss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | She | a Olympian smile |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smile=Theme |
| 2 | **ignore** | past | She *not said here* | the fuss |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fuss=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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