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title: rakish — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «rakish» in the school dictionary: Rakish means dashing, jaunty and a little cheeky, as in a hat set at a bold slant. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# rakish

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**Who acts:** Rakish, He, pirate, rakish hat · **What happens:** mean, dash, wear, have, sit · **To what, where:** jaunty, cap, rakish angle, rakish grin, curls

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Rakish means dashing, jaunty and a little cheeky, as in a hat set at a bold slant.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rakish:m1:1
# text = Rakish means dashing, jaunty and a little cheeky, as in a hat set at a bold slant.
1	Rakish	rakish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dashing	dash	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	jaunty	jaunty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	bold	bold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	slant	slant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Rakish |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **dash** *not said to happen* | gerund | Rakish *not said here* | jaunty |  |  |  | as a hat set at a bold slant | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jaunty=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}

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He wore his cap at a rakish angle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rakish:x1:1
# text = He wore his cap at a rakish angle.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	rakish	rakish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	angle	angle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | He | his cap |  | a rakish angle |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cap=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The pirate had a rakish grin.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rakish:x2:1
# text = The pirate had a rakish grin.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pirate	pirate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	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	rakish	rakish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	grin	grin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the pirate | a rakish grin |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grin=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A rakish hat sat over his curls.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rakish:x3:1
# text = A rakish hat sat over his curls.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rakish	rakish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	curls	curl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | a rakish hat |  |  | his curls |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over curl=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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