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title: thunderous — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «thunderous» in the school dictionary: Thunderous means very loud, like thunder. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# thunderous

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**Who acts:** Thunderous, thunderous cheers, Thunderous salutes, We, waves · **What happens:** mean, greet, come, hear, roar · **To what, where:** king, ramparts, thunderous roar

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Thunderous means very loud, like thunder.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thunderous:m1:1
# text = Thunderous means very loud, like thunder.
1	Thunderous	Thunderous	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Thunderous |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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 king was greeted with thunderous cheers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thunderous:x1:1
# text = The king was greeted with thunderous cheers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	greeted	greet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	thunderous	thunderous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cheers	cheer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **greet** *speech: greet* | past · passive | thunderous cheers | the king |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Thunderous salutes came from the ramparts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thunderous:x2:1
# text = Thunderous salutes came from the ramparts.
1	Thunderous	thunderous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	salutes	salute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ramparts	rampart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Thunderous salutes |  |  | the ramparts |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from rampart=Initial\_Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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We heard the thunderous roar of the waves.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thunderous:x3:1
# text = We heard the thunderous roar of the waves.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	thunderous	thunderous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	roar	roar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	waves	wave	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 | **hear** | past | We | the thunderous roar of the waves |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer roar=Stimulus |
| 2 | **roar** |  | the waves |  |  |  |  |  | nom roar «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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