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title: swoon — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «swoon» in the school dictionary: To swoon is to faint, or fall into a deep sleep-like state. (old use). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# swoon

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**Who acts:** swoon, She, He, daughter · **What happens:** be, fall, swoon, sight · **To what, where:** deep like state, faint, prince, swoon

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«swoon» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [swoon in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/swoon.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To swoon is to faint, or fall into a deep sleep-like state. (old use).

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*Sentence 1:* To swoon is to faint, or fall into a deep sleep-like state.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:swoon:m1:1
# text = To swoon is to faint, or fall into a deep sleep-like state.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	swoon	swoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	faint	faint	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
11	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
12	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	like	like	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | swoon |  |  |  |  | faint *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall** | infinitive | swoon *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into a deep like state *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into state=Result |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* (old use).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:swoon:m1:2
# text = (old use).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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A swoon is a faint.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:swoon:m2:1
# text = A swoon is a faint.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	swoon	swoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	faint	faint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a swoon | a faint |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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She swooned at the sight of the prince.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:swoon:x1:1
# text = She swooned at the sight of the prince.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swooned	swoon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	prince	prince	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 | **swoon** | past | She |  |  |  |  | at the sight of the prince | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer at sight=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sight** |  |  | the prince |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He fell into a swoon.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:swoon:x2:1
# text = He fell into a swoon.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	swoon	swoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | He |  |  |  |  | into a swoon *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into swoon=Result |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The king's daughter nearly swooned.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:swoon:x3:1
# text = The king's daughter nearly swooned.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	swooned	swoon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	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 | **swoon** | past | the king's daughter |  |  |  |  | nearly *property* | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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