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title: twill — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «twill» in the school dictionary: 'Twill is an old short form of «it will», used in fairy tales and old stories. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# twill

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**Who acts:** Twill, I, you · **What happens:** be, use, part, break, agree · **To what, where:** old short form, fairy tales, heart

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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'Twill is an old short form of «it will», used in fairy tales and old stories.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:twill:m1:1
# text = 'Twill is an old short form of «it will», used in fairy tales and old stories.
1	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Twill	twill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	parataxis	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Twill | a old short form |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  |  |  | fairy tales and old stories |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: 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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If I must part from him, 'twill break my heart.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:twill:x1:1
# text = If I must part from him, 'twill break my heart.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	advcl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	twill	twill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **part** *a condition, not said to happen* | must | I |  |  |  |  | from him *= he* | tree rules |
| 2 | **break** | infinitive | twill | my heart |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer heart=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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'Twill be to your profit if you agree.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:twill:x2:1
# text = 'Twill be to your profit if you agree.
1	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Twill	twill	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	profit	profit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	agree	agree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** |  |  |  |  |  |  | to your profit | tree rules |
| 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «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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