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title: shapely — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «shapely» in the school dictionary: Shapely means having a pleasing, well-balanced shape or form. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# shapely

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**Who acts:** Shapely, We, castle · **What happens:** mean, have, balance, bob, admire · **To what, where:** pleasing, shapely little boat, lake, shapely trees, park, shapely towers · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Shapely means having a pleasing, well-balanced shape or form.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shapely:m1:1
# text = Shapely means having a pleasing, well-balanced shape or form.
1	Shapely	shapely	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	ccomp	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pleasing	pleasing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	well	well	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	balanced	balance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Shapely |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | gerund |  | a pleasing |  |  |  | balanced shape or form *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasing=Patient |
| 3 | **balance** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The shapely little boat bobbed on the lake.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shapely:x1:1
# text = The shapely little boat bobbed on the lake.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	shapely	shapely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	bobbed	bob	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bob** | participle |  | the shapely little boat *not said here* |  | the lake |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on lake=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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We admired the shapely trees in the park.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shapely:x2:1
# text = We admired the shapely trees in the park.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	admired	admire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	shapely	shapely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **admire** | past | We | the shapely trees |  | the park |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tree=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The castle had shapely towers and tall windows.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shapely:x3:1
# text = The castle had shapely towers and tall windows.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	shapely	shapely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	towers	tower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the castle | shapely towers and tall windows |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tower=Patient |

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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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