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title: sibylline — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «sibylline» in the school dictionary: Sibylline means of or like a sibyl; mysterious and hard to understand, as if giving a hidden prophecy. (rare). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# sibylline

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**Who acts:** Sibylline, answer, Her · **What happens:** mean, understand, give, collect, replace, keep · **To what, where:** hidden prophecy, oracles, Sibylline books, Sibylline oracles, gilt chests

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Sibylline means of or like a sibyl; mysterious and hard to understand, as if giving a hidden prophecy. (rare).

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*Sentence 1:* Sibylline means of or like a sibyl; mysterious and hard to understand, as if giving a hidden prophecy.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sibylline:m1:1
# text = Sibylline means of or like a sibyl; mysterious and hard to understand, as if giving a hidden prophecy.
1	Sibylline	sibylline	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sibyl	sibyl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mysterious	mysterious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	understand	understand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	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 | Sibylline |  |  |  |  | of a sibyl | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **understand** | to-infinitive | Sibylline *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **give** | gerund | Sibylline *not said here* | a hidden prophecy |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prophecy=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:* (rare).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sibylline:m1:2
# text = (rare).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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These oracles were collected to replace the Sibylline books.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sibylline:x1:1
# text = These oracles were collected to replace the Sibylline books.
1	These	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	oracles	oracle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	collected	collect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	replace	replace	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Sibylline	sibylline	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **collect** | past · passive |  | this oracles |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **replace** | to-infinitive |  | the Sibylline books |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme book=Co-Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The Sibylline oracles were kept in gilt chests.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sibylline:x2:1
# text = The Sibylline oracles were kept in gilt chests.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Sibylline	sibylline	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	oracles	oracle	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	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	gilt	gilt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	chests	chest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **keep** | past · passive |  | the Sibylline oracles |  | gilt chests |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in chest=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Her answer was sibylline and puzzling.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sibylline:x3:1
# text = Her answer was sibylline and puzzling.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	sibylline	sibylline	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	puzzling	puzzle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Her answer |  |  |  |  | sibylline *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **puzzle** | gerund | Her answer *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **answer** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=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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