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title: ominous — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ominous» in the school dictionary: Ominous means showing that something bad is about to happen; it is a warning sign. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ominous

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**Who acts:** Ominous, something, it, dark clouds, ominous silence, He · **What happens:** mean, show, be, happen, look, fall · **To what, where:** warning sign, forest, ominous warning · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Ominous means showing that something bad is about to happen; it is a warning sign.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ominous:m1:1
# text = Ominous means showing that something bad is about to happen; it is a warning sign.
1	Ominous	ominous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nsubj	_	_
6	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	about	about	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Ominous |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **show** *not said to happen* | gerund | Ominous *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | something |  |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **happen** | to-infinitive | something *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **is a** | present | it | a warning sign |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The dark clouds looked ominous.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ominous:x1:1
# text = The dark clouds looked ominous.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	ominous	ominous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | the dark clouds |  |  |  |  | ominous *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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An ominous silence fell over the forest.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ominous:x2:1
# text = An ominous silence fell over the forest.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ominous	ominous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	forest	forest	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 | **fall** | past | a ominous silence |  |  | the forest |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over forest=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He ignored the ominous warning and went on.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ominous:x3:1
# text = He ignored the ominous warning and went on.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ignored	ignore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	ominous	ominous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	on	on	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | past | He | the ominous warning |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme |
| 2 | **go on** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=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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