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title: sibyl — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «sibyl» in the school dictionary: A sibyl is, in old stories, a woman who was believed to be able to foretell the future. (old use). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# sibyl

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**Who acts:** sibyl · **What happens:** be, believe, foretell, sell, vanish, see · **To what, where:** old stories, woman, future, books, more, king

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A sibyl is, in old stories, a woman who was believed to be able to foretell the future. (old use).

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*Sentence 1:* A sibyl is, in old stories, a woman who was believed to be able to foretell the future.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sibyl:m1:1
# text = A sibyl is, in old stories, a woman who was believed to be able to foretell the future.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sibyl	sibyl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	believed	believe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	cop	_	_
16	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	foretell	foretell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	future	future	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a sibyl |  |  | old stories |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **believe** | past · passive |  | a woman |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **foretell** | to-infinitive |  | the future |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent future=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.

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*Sentence 2:* (old use).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sibyl:m1:2
# text = (old use).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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After the books were sold, the Sibyl vanished and was seen no more.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sibyl:x1:1
# text = After the books were sold, the Sibyl vanished and was seen no more.
1	After	after	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Sibyl	Sibyl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
13	no	no	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past · passive |  | the books |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **vanish** | past | the Sibyl |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | past · passive | the Sibyl *not said here* | more |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: more=Stimulus |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The sibyl warned the king of the coming storm.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sibyl:x2:1
# text = The sibyl warned the king of the coming storm.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sibyl	sibyl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	warned	warn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	amod	_	_
9	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | the sibyl |  | the king of the coming storm |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient |
| 2 | **come** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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