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title: sententiously — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «sententiously» in the school dictionary: Sententiously means in a way that speaks in heavy, wise-sounding words, as if giving a lesson. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# sententiously

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**Who acts:** way, weather, Uncle Remus, Patience, he · **What happens:** mean, speak, sound, give, change, say · **To what, where:** heavy sounding words, lesson, best cure · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«sententiously» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [sententiously in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sententiously.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Sententiously means in a way that speaks in heavy, wise-sounding words, as if giving a lesson.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sententiously:m1:1
# text = Sententiously means in a way that speaks in heavy, wise-sounding words, as if giving a lesson.
1	Sententiously	sententiously	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	speaks	speak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
9	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	sounding	sound	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	amod	_	_
14	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
17	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
18	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | in a way; sententiously *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | a way |  |  | heavy sounding words |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sound** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **give** | gerund |  | a lesson |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=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 weather will change soon," said Uncle Remus sententiously.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sententiously:x1:1
# text = "The weather will change soon," said Uncle Remus sententiously.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
6	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Remus	Remus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
12	sententiously	sententiously	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** *in a quote* | future | the weather |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Uncle Remus |  |  |  |  | sententiously *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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"Patience is the best cure," he said sententiously.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sententiously:x2:1
# text = "Patience is the best cure," he said sententiously.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Patience	patience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	cure	cure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	sententiously	sententiously	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Patience | the best cure |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he |  |  |  |  | sententiously *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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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