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title: revel — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «revel» in the school dictionary: To revel is to take part in noisy fun such as feasting, drinking and dancing. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# revel

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**Who acts:** They, Warlock, She · **What happens:** be, drink, dance, revel, arrive, revell · **To what, where:** noisy fun, something, dwelling, praise

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To revel is to take part in noisy fun such as feasting, drinking and dancing.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:revel:m1:1
# text = To revel is to take part in noisy fun such as feasting, drinking and dancing.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	revel	revel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	noisy	noisy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	feasting	feasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | noisy fun such feasting |  | take *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **drink** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **dance** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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To revel in something is to enjoy it very much.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:revel:m2:1
# text = To revel in something is to enjoy it very much.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	revel	revel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	much	much	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **revel** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | something |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | enjoy *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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They arrived at a dwelling and there they drank and revelled.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:revel:x1:1
# text = They arrived at a dwelling and there they drank and revelled.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	9	expl	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	drank	drink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	revelled	revell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | past | They |  |  | a dwelling |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **drink** | past | they |  |  | there |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **revell** | past | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The Warlock drank and revelled all night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:revel:x2:1
# text = The Warlock drank and revelled all night.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Warlock	Warlock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drank	drink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	revelled	revell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | past | the Warlock |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **revell** | past | the Warlock *not said here* |  |  |  | night |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She revelled in the praise she got.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:revel:x3:1
# text = She revelled in the praise she got.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	revelled	revell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **revell** | past | She |  |  | the praise |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | she | the praise *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer praise=Stimulus |

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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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