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title: smite — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «smite» in the school dictionary: To smite is to hit hard with a blow. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# smite

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**Who acts:** knight, Shame · **What happens:** smite, be, defeat, hold, try · **To what, where:** enemy, Troll, sword, dragon, friend

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«smite» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [smite in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/smite.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To smite is to hit hard with a blow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:smite:m1:1
# text = To smite is to hit hard with a blow.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	smite	smite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	hit	hit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smite** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with a blow; hard, hit *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To smite is to strike down or defeat an enemy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:smite:m2:1
# text = To smite is to strike down or defeat an enemy.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	smite	smite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	strike	strike	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	defeat	defeat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smite** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | strike *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **defeat** | infinitive |  | a enemy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Lay hold of the sword and smite the Troll dead.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:smite:x1:1
# text = Lay hold of the sword and smite the Troll dead.
1	Lay	lay	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	hold	hold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	smite	smite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smite** | infinitive |  | the Troll |  |  |  | dead *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus troll=Experiencer |
| 2 | **hold** |  |  | the sword |  |  |  |  | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The knight smote the dragon with his sword.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:smite:x2:1
# text = The knight smote the dragon with his sword.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	smote	smite	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	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smite** | past | the knight | the dragon |  |  |  | with knight's sword | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent dragon=Patient with sword=Instrument |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Shame on you for trying to smite my friend.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:smite:x3:1
# text = Shame on you for trying to smite my friend.
1	Shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
4	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	trying	try	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	smite	smite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | gerund | Shame on you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **smite** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Shame on you *not said here* | my friend |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus friend=Experiencer |

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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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