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title: profusion — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «profusion» in the school dictionary: A very large amount of something, more than enough; «in profusion» means in great quantity. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# profusion

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**Who acts:** large amount, roses, orchard, profusion · **What happens:** mean, amount, grow, offer, be · **To what, where:** something, profusion, Cloaks

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«profusion» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [profusion in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/profusion.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A very large amount of something, more than enough; «in profusion» means in great quantity.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:profusion:m1:1
# text = A very large amount of something, more than enough; «in profusion» means in great quantity.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	profusion	profusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | a large amount of something |  |  |  |  | in great quantity | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in quantity=Attribute |
| 2 | **amount** |  |  | something |  |  |  |  | nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The roses grew in profusion along the wall.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:profusion:x1:1
# text = The roses grew in profusion along the wall.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	profusion	profusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	along	along	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | the roses |  |  | profusion |  | along the wall | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in profusion=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Cloaks were offered in profusion.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:profusion:x2:1
# text = Cloaks were offered in profusion.
1	Cloaks	cloak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	profusion	profusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | past · passive |  | Cloaks |  | profusion |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The orchard was full of apples in profusion.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:profusion:x3:1
# text = The orchard was full of apples in profusion.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	orchard	orchard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	profusion	profusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the orchard |  |  |  |  | of apples in profusion; full *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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There was a profusion of toys at the party.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:profusion:x4:1
# text = There was a profusion of toys at the party.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	profusion	profusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | a profusion of toys at the party |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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