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title: thunderstruck — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «thunderstruck» in the school dictionary: Thunderstruck means so surprised or shocked that one cannot speak or move. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# thunderstruck

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**Who acts:** Thunderstruck, one, he, news, his · **What happens:** mean, not speak, move, thunderstruck, see, show · **To what, where:** He, gold, king, others, proofs · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Thunderstruck means so surprised or shocked that one cannot speak or move.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thunderstruck:m1:1
# text = Thunderstruck means so surprised or shocked that one cannot speak or move.
1	Thunderstruck	thunderstruck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	surprised	surprised	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	shocked	shocked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Thunderstruck |  |  |  |  | surprised *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | can | one |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **move** | infinitive | one *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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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He was thunderstruck when he saw the gold.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thunderstruck:x1:1
# text = He was thunderstruck when he saw the gold.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	thunderstruck	thunderstruck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thunderstruck** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | past | he | the gold |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The king was thunderstruck by the news.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thunderstruck:x2:1
# text = The king was thunderstruck by the news.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	thunderstruck	thunderstruck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	news	news	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 | **thunderstruck** | past · passive | the news | the king |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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How the others were thunderstruck when he showed his proofs!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thunderstruck:x3:1
# text = How the others were thunderstruck when he showed his proofs!
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	thunderstruck	thunderstruck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	parataxis	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	proofs	proof	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thunderstruck** | past · passive |  | the others |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | past | he | his proofs |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent proof=Recipient |
| 3 | **proof** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom proof «cognition transitive»: poss=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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