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title: solemnity — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «solemnity» in the school dictionary: Great seriousness, a grave and formal feeling. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# solemnity

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**Who acts:** Everyone, torchlight · **What happens:** hold, speak, do · **To what, where:** service, voice, rites · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Great seriousness, a grave and formal feeling.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:solemnity:m1:1
# text = Great seriousness, a grave and formal feeling.
1	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	seriousness	seriousness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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A serious, formal ceremony.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:solemnity:m2:1
# text = A serious, formal ceremony.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The service was held with great solemnity.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:solemnity:x1:1
# text = The service was held with great solemnity.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	solemnity	solemnity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past · passive |  | the service |  |  |  | with great solemnity | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Everyone spoke in a voice of solemnity.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:solemnity:x2:1
# text = Everyone spoke in a voice of solemnity.
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	solemnity	solemnity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Everyone |  |  | a voice of solemnity |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The rites were done with solemnity by torchlight.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:solemnity:x3:1
# text = The rites were done with solemnity by torchlight.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rites	rite	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	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	solemnity	solemnity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	torchlight	torchlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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 | **do** | past · passive | torchlight | the rites |  |  |  | with solemnity | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality |

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