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title: peradventure — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «peradventure» in the school dictionary: Perhaps, maybe; a word from old stories, used when someone is not sure. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# peradventure

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**Who acts:** someone, I, head · **What happens:** use, not be, go, burn · **To what, where:** word, wind

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«peradventure» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 1 example, 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: [peradventure in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/peradventure.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Perhaps, maybe; a word from old stories, used when someone is not sure.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:peradventure:m1:1
# text = Perhaps, maybe; a word from old stories, used when someone is not sure.
1	Perhaps	perhaps	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	16	mark	_	_
13	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	16	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle · passive |  | a word from old stories |  |  |  | maybe, perhaps *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | someone |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | 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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Whenever I go against the wind my eyes will water, and peradventure my head will burn.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:peradventure:x1:1
# text = Whenever I go against the wind my eyes will water, and peradventure my head will burn.
1	Whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	3	advmod	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	against	against	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
13	peradventure	peradventure	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
14	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | I |  |  | the wind |  | whenever *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme against wind=Location |
| 2 | **burn** | future | my head |  |  |  |  | peradventure *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «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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