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title: prance — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «prance» in the school dictionary: To prance is to move in a lively, showy way, lifting the feet high, like a proud horse or a boastful person. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# prance

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**Who acts:** He, peacock · **What happens:** be, lift, prance around, hold, prance, come · **To what, where:** lively showy way, feet, horses, armour, lawn

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To prance is to move in a lively, showy way, lifting the feet high, like a proud horse or a boastful person.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prance:m1:1
# text = To prance is to move in a lively, showy way, lifting the feet high, like a proud horse or a boastful person.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	prance	prance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	lively	lively	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	showy	showy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	lifting	lift	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	like	like	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
22	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	boastful	boastful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | a lively showy way |  | move *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lift** | gerund |  | the feet |  |  |  | high *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme |

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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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He pranced around, holding his head high.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prance:x1:1
# text = He pranced around, holding his head high.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pranced	prance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	around	around	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prance around** | past | He |  |  |  |  | around *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hold** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | high *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The horses pranced along in armour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prance:x2:1
# text = The horses pranced along in armour.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	pranced	prance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	along	along	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	armour	armour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prance** | participle |  | the horses *not said here* |  | armour |  | along *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in armour=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The peacock came prancing across the lawn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prance:x3:1
# text = The peacock came prancing across the lawn.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	peacock	peacock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	prancing	prance	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
5	across	across	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the peacock |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **prance** | gerund | the peacock *not said here* |  |  | the lawn |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across lawn=Trajectory |

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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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