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title: stately — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «stately» in the school dictionary: Stately means grand, dignified and impressive, and often slow and calm in movement or appearance. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# stately

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**Who acts:** stately castle, swans, old lady, pigs · **What happens:** mean, stand, glide in, sit, move · **To what, where:** grand, hill, fashion, lake, chair, stately rows

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«stately» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [stately in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stately.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Stately means grand, dignified and impressive, and often slow and calm in movement or appearance.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stately:m1:1
# text = Stately means grand, dignified and impressive, and often slow and calm in movement or appearance.
1	Stately	stately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	dignified	dignified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	impressive	impressive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	often	often	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  | grand |  |  |  | stately *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grand=Topic |

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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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The stately castle stood on the hill.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stately:x1:1
# text = The stately castle stood on the hill.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	stately	stately	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hill	hill	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 | **stand** | past | the stately castle |  |  | the hill |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on hill=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The swans glided across the lake in stately fashion.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stately:x2:1
# text = The swans glided across the lake in stately fashion.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	glided	glide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	across	across	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
8	stately	stately	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	fashion	fashion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glide in** | past | the swans | fashion |  | the lake |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across lake=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A stately old lady sat in the chair.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stately:x3:1
# text = A stately old lady sat in the chair.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	stately	stately	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **sit** | past | a old lady |  |  | the chair |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chair=Location |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The pigs moved in stately rows across the yard.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stately:x4:1
# text = The pigs moved in stately rows across the yard.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	stately	stately	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rows	row	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	across	across	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past | the pigs |  |  | stately rows |  | across the yard | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme in row=Source across yard=Trajectory |

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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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