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title: topmost — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «topmost» in the school dictionary: Topmost means highest, at the very top of something. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# topmost

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**Who acts:** Topmost, cherries, She, gold · **What happens:** mean, flutter, grow, climb, hang · **To what, where:** top, handkerchief, topmost branch, topmost twig, topmost boughs

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Topmost means highest, at the very top of something.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:topmost:m1:1
# text = Topmost means highest, at the very top of something.
1	Topmost	Topmost	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nmod	_	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 | Topmost |  |  | the top of something |  |  | 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 handkerchief fluttered from the topmost branch.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:topmost:x1:1
# text = The handkerchief fluttered from the topmost branch.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	fluttered	flutter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	topmost	topmost	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flutter** | participle |  | the handkerchief *not said here* |  | the topmost branch |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The cherries grew on the topmost twig.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:topmost:x2:1
# text = The cherries grew on the topmost twig.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cherries	cherry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	topmost	topmost	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	twig	twig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | the cherries |  |  | the topmost twig |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on twig=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She climbed to the topmost step.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:topmost:x3:1
# text = She climbed to the topmost step.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	topmost	topmost	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	step	step	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 | **climb** | past | She |  |  |  |  | to the topmost step | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to step=Destination |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The gold hung from the topmost boughs of the oak.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:topmost:x4:1
# text = The gold hung from the topmost boughs of the oak.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hung	hang	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	topmost	topmost	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	boughs	bough	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | past | the gold |  |  | the topmost boughs of the oak |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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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