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title: tolerably — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tolerably» in the school dictionary: Tolerably means fairly well or quite; not very well, but well enough. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tolerably

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**Who acts:** I, He, voyage, She · **What happens:** mean, get on, meet, be, swim · **To what, where:** school, man

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«tolerably» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: [tolerably in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tolerably.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Tolerably means fairly well or quite; not very well, but well enough.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tolerably:m1:1
# text = Tolerably means fairly well or quite; not very well, but well enough.
1	Tolerably	tolerably	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fairly	fairly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	fixed	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
14	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | enough, fairly, tolerably, well *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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tolerably means to a fair degree, not extremely.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tolerably:m2:1
# text = Tolerably means to a fair degree, not extremely.
1	Tolerably	tolerably	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	degree	degree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	extremely	extremely	ADV	RB	_	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to a fair degree; tolerably *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot to degree=Attribute |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I get on tolerably at school.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tolerably:x1:1
# text = I get on tolerably at school.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	tolerably	tolerably	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **get on** | present | I |  |  | school |  | tolerably *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He met a man with a tolerably good horse.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tolerably:x2:1
# text = He met a man with a tolerably good horse.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	tolerably	tolerably	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | past | He | a man |  |  |  | with a good horse | vn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent man=Theme with horse=Instrument |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The voyage was tolerably quiet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tolerably:x3:1
# text = The voyage was tolerably quiet.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	voyage	voyage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	tolerably	tolerably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the voyage |  |  |  |  | quiet, tolerably *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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She can swim tolerably well for her age.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tolerably:x4:1
# text = She can swim tolerably well for her age.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	tolerably	tolerably	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	3	advmod	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	fixed	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | can | She |  |  |  | for her age | tolerably *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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