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title: perilous — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «perilous» in the school dictionary: Full of danger; likely to hurt or kill you. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# perilous

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**Who acts:** mere lad, Voyages · **What happens:** hurt, kill, not be, trust, be · **To what, where:** you, perilous journey

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«perilous» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [perilous in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/perilous.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Full of danger; likely to hurt or kill you.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:perilous:m1:1
# text = Full of danger; likely to hurt or kill you.
1	Full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **kill** | infinitive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

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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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A mere lad is not fit to be trusted on such a perilous journey.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:perilous:x1:1
# text = A mere lad is not fit to be trusted on such a perilous journey.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	mere	mere	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	fit	fit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	14	det:predet	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	perilous	perilous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | a mere lad |  |  |  |  | fit *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **trust** | to-infinitive · passive | a mere lad *not said here* |  |  | such perilous journey |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S» |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Voyages at sea are perilous, with uncertain winds and waves.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:perilous:x2:1
# text = Voyages at sea are perilous, with uncertain winds and waves.
1	Voyages	voyage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	perilous	perilous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	uncertain	uncertain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	winds	wind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Voyages at sea |  |  |  |  | with uncertain winds and waves; perilous *property* | 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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