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title: tempest — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tempest» in the school dictionary: A tempest is a violent storm with strong wind and heavy rain. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tempest

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**Who acts:** tempest, sea · **What happens:** be, strike, blow · **To what, where:** violent storm, ship, trees

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A tempest is a violent storm with strong wind and heavy rain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tempest:m1:1
# text = A tempest is a violent storm with strong wind and heavy rain.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tempest	tempest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	violent	violent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a tempest | a violent storm |  |  |  | with strong wind and heavy rain | 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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A tempest struck the ship.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tempest:x1:1
# text = A tempest struck the ship.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tempest	tempest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	struck	strike	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	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | a tempest | the ship |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The tempest blew the trees flat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tempest:x2:1
# text = The tempest blew the trees flat.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tempest	tempest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	blew	blow	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	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past | the tempest | the trees |  |  |  | flat *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent tree=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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After the tempest the sea was calm.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tempest:x3:1
# text = After the tempest the sea was calm.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tempest	tempest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the sea |  |  |  | after the tempest | calm *property* | tree rules |

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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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