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title: pleasantness — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «pleasantness» in the school dictionary: Pleasantness is the state of being nice, calm and enjoyable. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# pleasantness

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**Who acts:** Pleasantness, man, you, us, She · **What happens:** be, pass, let, take, make, walk · **To what, where:** state, life, ease, man, hand path, us · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Pleasantness is the state of being nice, calm and enjoyable.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pleasantness:m1:1
# text = Pleasantness is the state of being nice, calm and enjoyable.
1	Pleasantness	pleasantness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	enjoyable	enjoyable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Pleasantness | the state |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | nice *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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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If a man would pass his life in ease and pleasantness, let him take the right-hand path.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pleasantness:x1:1
# text = If a man would pass his life in ease and pleasantness, let him take the right-hand path.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	ease	ease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	pleasantness	pleasantness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
17	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | a man | man's life |  | ease and pleasantness |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent life=Theme in ease=Destination |
| 2 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **take** | infinitive | man *not said here* | the hand path |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The pleasantness of the spring weather made us walk all day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pleasantness:x2:1
# text = The pleasantness of the spring weather made us walk all day.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pleasantness	pleasantness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the pleasantness of the spring weather | us |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | infinitive | us *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She spoke with great pleasantness to everyone.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pleasantness:x3:1
# text = She spoke with great pleasantness to everyone.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pleasantness	pleasantness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | She |  |  |  |  | with great pleasantness; to everyone | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to everyone=Co-Agent |

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