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title: portrayed — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «portrayed» in the school dictionary: Portrayed means was painted, drawn or described in a certain way; it is the past form of portray. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# portrayed

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**Who acts:** way, past form, painting · **What happens:** portray, mean, paint, draw, describe, be · **To what, where:** certain way, past form, wizard, horse, green field, witch · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Portrayed means was painted, drawn or described in a certain way; it is the past form of portray.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:portrayed:m1:1
# text = Portrayed means was painted, drawn or described in a certain way; it is the past form of portray.
1	Portrayed	portray	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
19	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
20	portray	portray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **portray** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **paint** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V» |
| 4 | **draw** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **describe** | participle |  |  |  | a certain way |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **is a** | present | way | the past form |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **portray** | infinitive | the past form *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: 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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The wizard is portrayed as wise and kind.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:portrayed:x1:1
# text = The wizard is portrayed as wise and kind.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	portrayed	portray	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **portray** | present · passive |  | the wizard |  |  |  | as wise | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as wise=Attribute |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The painting portrayed a horse in a green field.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:portrayed:x2:1
# text = The painting portrayed a horse in a green field.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	portrayed	portray	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	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **portray** | past | the painting | a horse |  | a green field |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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In the tale the witch is portrayed as cruel.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:portrayed:x3:1
# text = In the tale the witch is portrayed as cruel.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	portrayed	portray	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **portray** | present · passive |  | the witch |  | the tale |  | as cruel | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as cruel=Attribute |

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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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