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title: redoubtable — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «redoubtable» in the school dictionary: Fearsome and powerful, so that people feel respect or fear for them. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# redoubtable

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**Who acts:** people, redoubtable giant, bravest knight, redoubtable enemy, he · **What happens:** feel, guard, fear, be · **To what, where:** respect, bridge, redoubtable dragon

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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Fearsome and powerful, so that people feel respect or fear for them.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:redoubtable:m1:1
# text = Fearsome and powerful, so that people feel respect or fear for them.
1	Fearsome	fearsome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	powerful	powerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	8	mark	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | people | respect or fear for respect |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respect=Theme |

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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 redoubtable giant guarded the bridge.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:redoubtable:x1:1
# text = The redoubtable giant guarded the bridge.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	redoubtable	redoubtable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	guarded	guard	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bridge	bridge	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 | **guard** | past | the redoubtable giant | the bridge |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridge=Beneficiary |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Even the bravest knight feared the redoubtable dragon.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:redoubtable:x2:1
# text = Even the bravest knight feared the redoubtable dragon.
1	Even	even	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	bravest	brave	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	redoubtable	redoubtable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | the bravest knight | the redoubtable dragon |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dragon=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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His redoubtable enemy was far stronger than he was.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:redoubtable:x3:1
# text = His redoubtable enemy was far stronger than he was.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	redoubtable	redoubtable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
7	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | His redoubtable enemy |  |  |  |  | far, strong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | 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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