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title: stupendous — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «stupendous» in the school dictionary: Stupendous means huge or amazing, astonishing in size, strength or power. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# stupendous

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**Who acts:** Stupendous, strength, We, palace · **What happens:** mean, astonish, be, see, lay out, have · **To what, where:** size, stupendous waterfall, stupendous feast, stupendous size

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Stupendous means huge or amazing, astonishing in size, strength or power.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stupendous:m1:1
# text = Stupendous means huge or amazing, astonishing in size, strength or power.
1	Stupendous	Stupendous	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	amazing	amazing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	astonishing	astonish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Stupendous |  |  |  |  | huge *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **astonish** | gerund | Stupendous *not said here* |  |  | size and strength or power |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 giant's strength was stupendous.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stupendous:x1:1
# text = The giant's strength was stupendous.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	stupendous	stupendous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the giant's strength |  |  |  |  | stupendous *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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We saw a stupendous waterfall.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stupendous:x2:1
# text = We saw a stupendous waterfall.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	stupendous	stupendous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	waterfall	waterfall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | We | a stupendous waterfall |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer waterfall=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A stupendous feast was laid out.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stupendous:x3:1
# text = A stupendous feast was laid out.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	stupendous	stupendous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay out** | past · passive |  | a stupendous feast |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The palace had a stupendous size.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stupendous:x4:1
# text = The palace had a stupendous size.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	stupendous	stupendous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the palace | a stupendous size |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent size=Patient |

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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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