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title: poetess — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «poetess» in the school dictionary: A poetess is a woman who writes poems; today most people just say poet. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# poetess

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**Who acts:** poetess, woman, most people, Hase, class · **What happens:** be, write, say, mention, read · **To what, where:** woman, poems, poet, thirteen, Hase, book · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A poetess is a woman who writes poems; today most people just say poet.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:poetess:m1:1
# text = A poetess is a woman who writes poems; today most people just say poet.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poetess	poetess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	poems	poem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
10	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
15	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a poetess | a woman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **write** | present | a woman | poems |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | most people | poet |  |  | today |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent poet=Topic |

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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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When Hase-Hime was thirteen, she was already mentioned as a poetess of some merit.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:poetess:x1:1
# text = When Hase-Hime was thirteen, she was already mentioned as a poetess of some merit.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	Hase	Hase	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Hime	Hime	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	thirteen	thirteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
10	already	already	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	mentioned	mention	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	poetess	poetess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	det	_	_
17	merit	merit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Hase | thirteen |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mention** *speech: other* | past · passive |  | Hase |  |  |  | as a poetess of some merit | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our class read a book by a famous poetess.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:poetess:x2:1
# text = Our class read a book by a famous poetess.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	poetess	poetess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past | Our class | a book |  |  |  | by a famous poetess | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The poetess wrote a poem for the queen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:poetess:x3:1
# text = The poetess wrote a poem for the queen.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poetess	poetess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | the poetess | a poem |  |  |  | for the queen | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent poem=Result for queen=Beneficiary |

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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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