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title: roomful — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «roomful» in the school dictionary: A roomful is as many people or things as fill a room. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# roomful

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**Who acts:** roomful, She, He · **What happens:** be, fill, arrive, bring, store · **To what, where:** many people, room, roomful, whole roomful

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A roomful is as many people or things as fill a room.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roomful:m1:1
# text = A roomful is as many people or things as fill a room.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roomful	roomful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	fill	fill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 roomful | many people or things |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fill** | infinitive | a roomful *not said here* | a room |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent room=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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A roomful of guests arrived for the feast.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roomful:x1:1
# text = A roomful of guests arrived for the feast.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roomful	roomful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | past | a roomful of guests |  |  |  |  | for the feast | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She brought a roomful of toys.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roomful:x2:1
# text = She brought a roomful of toys.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	roomful	roomful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | She | a roomful of toys |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent roomful=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He stored a whole roomful of corn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roomful:x3:1
# text = He stored a whole roomful of corn.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stored	store	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	roomful	roomful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** | past | He | a whole roomful of corn |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roomful=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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