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title: timorous — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «timorous» in the school dictionary: Timorous means fearful and easily frightened, shy and nervous. (old use, in fairy tales). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# timorous

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**Who acts:** Timorous, He, timorous mouse, you, dog · **What happens:** mean, frighten, creep on, hide, not be, be · **To what, where:** leaves

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Timorous means fearful and easily frightened, shy and nervous. (old use, in fairy tales).

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*Sentence 1:* Timorous means fearful and easily frightened, shy and nervous.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:timorous:m1:1
# text = Timorous means fearful and easily frightened, shy and nervous.
1	Timorous	Timorous	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fearful	fearful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	frightened	frighten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	shy	shy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	nervous	nervous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Timorous |  |  |  |  | fearful *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **frighten** | participle | Timorous *not said here* |  |  |  |  | easily *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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, in fairy tales).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:timorous:m1:2
# text = (old use, in fairy tales).
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	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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He crept on with timorous steps.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:timorous:x1:1
# text = He crept on with timorous steps.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	crept	creep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	timorous	timorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **creep on** | past | He |  |  |  |  | with timorous steps | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with step=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The timorous mouse hid under the leaves.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:timorous:x2:1
# text = The timorous mouse hid under the leaves.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	timorous	timorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **hide** | past | the timorous mouse |  |  | the leaves |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under leaf=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Do not be so timorous; the dog is friendly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:timorous:x3:1
# text = Do not be so timorous; the dog is friendly.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	timorous	timorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | timorous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the dog |  |  |  |  | friendly *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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