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title: prognosticate — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «prognosticate» in the school dictionary: To foretell what will happen in the future, often from signs or special knowledge. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# prognosticate

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**Who acts:** wise woman, seer, Nobody, old men · **What happens:** foretell, happen, prognosticate · **To what, where:** future, great future, weather, rain, red sky

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To foretell what will happen in the future, often from signs or special knowledge.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prognosticate:m1:1
# text = To foretell what will happen in the future, often from signs or special knowledge.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	foretell	foretell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	future	future	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	often	often	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **foretell** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **happen** | future |  |  |  | the future |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in future=Location |

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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 wise woman prognosticated a long winter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prognosticate:x1:1
# text = The wise woman prognosticated a long winter.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	prognosticated	prognosticate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prognosticate** | past | the wise woman |  |  |  | winter |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The seer prognosticated a great future for the boy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prognosticate:x2:1
# text = The seer prognosticated a great future for the boy.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	seer	seer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	prognosticated	prognosticate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	future	future	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	boy	boy	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 | **prognosticate** | past | the seer | a great future |  |  |  | for the boy | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot future=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Nobody can prognosticate the weather exactly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prognosticate:x3:1
# text = Nobody can prognosticate the weather exactly.
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	prognosticate	prognosticate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prognosticate** | can | Nobody | the weather |  |  |  | exactly *property* | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot weather=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The old men prognosticated rain from the red sky.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prognosticate:x4:1
# text = The old men prognosticated rain from the red sky.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	prognosticated	prognosticate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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 | **prognosticate** | past | the old men | rain |  | the red sky |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot rain=Topic |

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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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