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title: prim — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «prim» in the school dictionary: Very neat, proper and strict about manners; too careful about rules and never untidy. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# prim

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**Who acts:** She, you · **What happens:** sit, not be, laugh, frown · **To what, where:** lap, boy, prim old lady

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Very neat, proper and strict about manners; too careful about rules and never untidy.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prim:m1:1
# text = Very neat, proper and strict about manners; too careful about rules and never untidy.
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	neat	neat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	strict	strict	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	manners	manners	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	untidy	untidy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	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}

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She sat prim and straight with her hands in her lap.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prim:x1:1
# text = She sat prim and straight with her hands in her lap.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	prim	prim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	lap	lap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | She |  |  | her lap |  | prim *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in lap=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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"Don't be so prim," laughed the boy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prim:x2:1
# text = "Don't be so prim," laughed the boy.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	prim	prim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	_
9	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | prim *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **laugh** | past | you *not said here* | the boy |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The prim old lady frowned at the muddy children.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prim:x3:1
# text = The prim old lady frowned at the muddy children.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	prim	prim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	frowned	frown	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	muddy	muddy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	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 | **frown** | participle |  | the prim old lady *not said here* |  |  |  | at the muddy children | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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