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title: tallish — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tallish» in the school dictionary: Fairly tall; a bit taller than average. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tallish

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**Who acts:** He, tallish tree, stranger, We, teacher · **What happens:** be, stand, need, wade · **To what, where:** tallish boy, tallish jar, tallish heron, shallows

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«tallish» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: [tallish in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tallish.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Fairly tall; a bit taller than average.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tallish:m1:1
# text = Fairly tall; a bit taller than average.
1	Fairly	fairly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	taller	tall	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	parataxis	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	average	average	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He's a tallish boy with red hair.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tallish:x1:1
# text = He's a tallish boy with red hair.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	tallish	tallish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | a tallish boy |  |  |  | with red hair | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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A tallish tree stood by the gate.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tallish:x2:1
# text = A tallish tree stood by the gate.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tallish	tallish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gate	gate	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 | a tallish tree |  |  |  |  | by the gate | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by gate=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The stranger was tallish and thin.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tallish:x3:1
# text = The stranger was tallish and thin.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	tallish	tallish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the stranger |  |  |  |  | tallish *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the stranger *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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We need a tallish jar for the flowers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tallish:x4:1
# text = We need a tallish jar for the flowers.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	tallish	tallish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **need** | present | We | a tallish jar |  |  |  | for the flowers | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot jar=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My teacher is tallish.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tallish:x5:1
# text = My teacher is tallish.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	tallish	tallish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | My teacher |  |  |  |  | tallish *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A tallish heron waded in the shallows.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tallish:x6:1
# text = A tallish heron waded in the shallows.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tallish	tallish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	heron	heron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	waded	wade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shallows	shallow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wade** | participle |  | a tallish heron *not said here* |  | the shallows |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shallow=Trajectory |

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