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title: superhuman — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «superhuman» in the school dictionary: Superhuman means greater than an ordinary person can manage: superhuman strength or effort. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# superhuman

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**Who acts:** Superhuman, ordinary person, hero, It · **What happens:** mean, manage, lift, take, finish · **To what, where:** rock, superhuman effort, race

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«superhuman» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [superhuman in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/superhuman.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Superhuman means greater than an ordinary person can manage: superhuman strength or effort.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:superhuman:m1:1
# text = Superhuman means greater than an ordinary person can manage: superhuman strength or effort.
1	Superhuman	superhuman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
4	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	manage	manage	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
11	superhuman	superhuman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Superhuman |  |  |  |  | great *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **manage** | can | a ordinary person |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V»: 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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The hero lifted the rock with superhuman strength.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:superhuman:x1:1
# text = The hero lifted the rock with superhuman strength.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lifted	lift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	superhuman	superhuman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | past | the hero | the rock |  |  |  | with superhuman strength | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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It took a superhuman effort to finish the race.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:superhuman:x2:1
# text = It took a superhuman effort to finish the race.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	superhuman	superhuman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	finish	finish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | It | a superhuman effort |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effort=Theme |
| 2 | **finish** | to-infinitive |  | the race |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality race=Eventuality |

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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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