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title: prophesy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «prophesy» in the school dictionary: To say what will happen in the future, by special power or by a strong guess. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# prophesy

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**Who acts:** prophecy, wise woman, you, daisy, old man · **What happens:** say, happen, be, prophesy, win · **To what, where:** future, foretelling, storm, race, truth, tale · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«prophesy» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [prophesy in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prophesy.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To say what will happen in the future, by special power or by a strong guess.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prophesy:m1:1
# text = To say what will happen in the future, by special power or by a strong guess.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
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	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	guess	guess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: noun form: prophecy — kept apart, not parsed.

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A prophecy is such a foretelling.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prophesy:m2:1
# text = A prophecy is such a foretelling.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	6	det:predet	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	foretelling	foretelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a prophecy | such foretelling |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The wise woman prophesied a storm.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prophesy:x1:1
# text = The wise woman prophesied a storm.
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	prophesied	prophesy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Can you prophesy who will win the race?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prophesy:x2:1
# text = Can you prophesy who will win the race?
1	Can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	prophesy	prophesy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prophesy** | can | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **win** | future |  | the race |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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In the tale, the daisy can prophesy the truth of love.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prophesy:x3:1
# text = In the tale, the daisy can prophesy the truth of love.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	daisy	daisy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	prophesy	prophesy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prophesy** | can | the daisy | the truth of love |  | the tale |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The old man prophesied a happy ending.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prophesy:x4:1
# text = The old man prophesied a happy ending.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	prophesied	prophesy	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	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ending	ending	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 | **prophesy** | past | the old man | a happy ending |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ending=Theme |

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