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title: spectral — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «spectral» in the school dictionary: Spectral means like a ghost; pale, shadowy and unreal. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# spectral

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**Who acts:** Spectral, spectral figure · **What happens:** mean, drift, roar · **To what, where:** spectral herd, mist

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Spectral means like a ghost; pale, shadowy and unreal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spectral:m1:1
# text = Spectral means like a ghost; pale, shadowy and unreal.
1	Spectral	spectral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ghost	ghost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	shadowy	shadowy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	unreal	unreal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Spectral |  |  |  |  | like a ghost | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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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A spectral figure drifted past her.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spectral:x1:1
# text = A spectral figure drifted past her.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	spectral	spectral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	drifted	drift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	past	past	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drift** | past | a spectral figure |  |  |  |  | past her *= she* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past she=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The spectral herd roared in the mist.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spectral:x2:1
# text = The spectral herd roared in the mist.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	spectral	spectral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	roared	roar	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mist	mist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roar** | participle |  | the spectral herd *not said here* |  | the mist |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mist=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The spectral city rose from the sea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spectral:x3:1
# text = The spectral city rose from the sea.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	spectral	spectral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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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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