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title: poetical — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «poetical» in the school dictionary: Of or about poetry, or written like a poem. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# poetical

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**Who acts:** he, description, Her · **What happens:** write, cry out, be, describe · **To what, where:** poetry, poetical manner, creations, sea

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«poetical» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [poetical in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/poetical.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Of or about poetry, or written like a poem.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:poetical:m1:1
# text = Of or about poetry, or written like a poem.
1	Of	of	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	poetry	poetry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | participle |  | poetry *not said here* |  |  |  | like a poem | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Full of feeling, imagination or beautiful language.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:poetical:m2:1
# text = Full of feeling, imagination or beautiful language.
1	Full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	imagination	imagination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Upon which he cried out with great earnestness, but not in the most poetical manner.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:poetical:x1:1
# text = Upon which he cried out with great earnestness, but not in the most poetical manner.
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	obl	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	earnestness	earnestness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	15	advmod	_	_
15	poetical	poetical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | he |  |  | the poetical manner |  | with great earnestness | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with earnestness=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The most important of these divinities may have been the creations of an active and poetical imagination.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:poetical:x2:1
# text = The most important of these divinities may have been the creations of an active and poetical imagination.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	3	advmod	_	_
3	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	divinities	divinity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
8	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux	_	_
9	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	creations	creation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
14	active	active	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	poetical	poetical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
17	imagination	imagination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | may · perfect |  | the creations |  |  |  | of a active imagination | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Her description of the sea was very poetical.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:poetical:x3:1
# text = Her description of the sea was very poetical.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	poetical	poetical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Her description of the sea |  |  |  |  | poetical *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **describe** |  | Her *= she* | the sea |  |  |  |  | nom description «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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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