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title: rightful — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «rightful» in the school dictionary: Rightful means having the true and lawful right to something, such as a place, a title or a possession. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# rightful

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**Who acts:** Rightful, rightful queen, you, She · **What happens:** mean, have, come, give back, be · **To what, where:** true right, last, toy, rightful owner, rightful heir

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Rightful means having the true and lawful right to something, such as a place, a title or a possession.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rightful:m1:1
# text = Rightful means having the true and lawful right to something, such as a place, a title or a possession.
1	Rightful	rightful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	lawful	lawful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	15	case	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Rightful |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** *not said to happen* | gerund | Rightful *not said here* | the true right |  |  |  | to something | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=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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The rightful queen came home at last.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rightful:x1:1
# text = The rightful queen came home at last.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rightful	rightful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **come** | past | the rightful queen |  |  | last |  | home *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at last=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Give the toy back to its rightful owner.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rightful:x2:1
# text = Give the toy back to its rightful owner.
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	rightful	rightful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give back** | imperative | you *not said here* | the toy | toy's rightful owner |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent toy=Theme to owner=Recipient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She was the rightful heir to the throne.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rightful:x3:1
# text = She was the rightful heir to the throne.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	rightful	rightful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	heir	heir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | She | the rightful heir |  |  |  | to the throne | tree rules |

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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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