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title: portly — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «portly» in the school dictionary: Rather fat, with a large round body; a polite or old-fashioned word. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# portly

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**Who acts:** portly gentleman, portly innkeeper, portly mayor, portly cook, broad portly person, person · **What happens:** sit, laugh, show, puff up, love, hide · **To what, where:** armchair, joke, Father Christmas, stairs, own cakes, slender lovely Babette

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«portly» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: [portly in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/portly.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: of a person, usually an older man — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Rather fat, with a large round body; a polite or old-fashioned word.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:portly:m1:1
# text = Rather fat, with a large round body; a polite or old-fashioned word.
1	Rather	rather	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
11	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
16	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A portly gentleman sat in the armchair.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:portly:x1:1
# text = A portly gentleman sat in the armchair.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	portly	portly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	armchair	armchair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | a portly gentleman |  |  | the armchair |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in armchair=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The portly innkeeper laughed at the joke.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:portly:x2:1
# text = The portly innkeeper laughed at the joke.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	portly	portly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	innkeeper	innkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past | the portly innkeeper |  |  | the joke |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Father Christmas is often shown as portly and jolly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:portly:x3:1
# text = Father Christmas is often shown as portly and jolly.
1	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
2	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	often	often	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	portly	portly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	jolly	jolly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · passive |  | Father Christmas |  |  |  | as portly; often *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The portly mayor puffed up the stairs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:portly:x4:1
# text = The portly mayor puffed up the stairs.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	portly	portly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mayor	mayor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	puffed	puff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **puff up** | participle | the portly mayor *not said here* | the stairs |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stair=Source |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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The story's portly cook loved her own cakes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:portly:x5:1
# text = The story's portly cook loved her own cakes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	portly	portly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past | the story's portly cook | cook's own cakes |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cake=Stimulus |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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His broad, portly person, hid the slender, lovely Babette; but she came forward and glanced at him with her bright, dark eyes.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:portly:x6:1
# text = His broad, portly person, hid the slender, lovely Babette; but she came forward and glanced at him with her bright, dark eyes.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
2	broad	broad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	portly	portly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
9	slender	slender	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	Babette	Babette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
14	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
17	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	glanced	glance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	_
22	with	with	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
23	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
24	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | His broad portly person | the slender lovely Babette |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent babette=Patient |
| 2 | **come forward** | past | person |  |  |  |  | forward *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **glance** | past | person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at him *= he*; with person's bright dark eyes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme |

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