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title: strangeness — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «strangeness» in the school dictionary: Strangeness is the quality of being odd, unusual or unlike what is normal. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# strangeness

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**Who acts:** Strangeness, She, They, their · **What happens:** be, frighten, notice, wonder, task, make · **To what, where:** quality, them, strangeness, prince

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Strangeness is the quality of being odd, unusual or unlike what is normal.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:strangeness:m1:1
# text = Strangeness is the quality of being odd, unusual or unlike what is normal.
1	Strangeness	strangeness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	odd	odd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	unusual	unusual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	unlike	unlike	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Strangeness | the quality |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | odd *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | normal *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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The strangeness of the empty house frightened them.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:strangeness:x1:1
# text = The strangeness of the empty house frightened them.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	strangeness	strangeness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	frightened	frighten	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frighten** | past | the strangeness of the empty house | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She noticed the strangeness of the old man's eyes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:strangeness:x2:1
# text = She noticed the strangeness of the old man's eyes.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	noticed	notice	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	strangeness	strangeness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | past | She | the strangeness of the old man's eyes |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer strangeness=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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They wondered at the strangeness of their task.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:strangeness:x3:1
# text = They wondered at the strangeness of their task.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wondered	wonder	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	strangeness	strangeness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past | They |  |  | the strangeness of their task |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **task** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom task «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The strangeness of the beast made the prince afraid.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:strangeness:x4:1
# text = The strangeness of the beast made the prince afraid.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	strangeness	strangeness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the strangeness of the beast | the prince |  |  |  | afraid *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset prince=Product |

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