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title: precipitous — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «precipitous» in the school dictionary: Precipitous means very steep, so that it is almost straight up or down. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# precipitous

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**Who acts:** Precipitous, it, path, They · **What happens:** mean, be, climb, stand · **To what, where:** precipitous rock, castle, precipitous cliffs

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Precipitous means very steep, so that it is almost straight up or down.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:precipitous:m1:1
# text = Precipitous means very steep, so that it is almost straight up or down.
1	Precipitous	Precipitous	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	up	up	ADV	RB	_	2	parataxis	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	down	down	ADV	RB	_	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Precipitous |  |  |  |  | steep *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | almost, straight, up *property* | tree rules |

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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 path was precipitous and full of loose stones.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:precipitous:x1:1
# text = The path was precipitous and full of loose stones.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	precipitous	precipitous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the path |  |  |  |  | precipitous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the path *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of loose stones | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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They climbed the precipitous rock very slowly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:precipitous:x2:1
# text = They climbed the precipitous rock very slowly.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	precipitous	precipitous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | past | They | the precipitous rock |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location rock=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A castle stood on the precipitous cliffs above the sea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:precipitous:x3:1
# text = A castle stood on the precipitous cliffs above the sea.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	stood	stand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	precipitous	precipitous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	above	above	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | participle |  | a castle *not said here* |  | the precipitous cliffs |  | above the sea | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on cliff=Location |

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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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