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title: typify — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «typify» in the school dictionary: To typify is to be a perfect example of a kind of thing, or to show its character clearly. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# typify

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**Who acts:** Pomona, bravery, lion · **What happens:** typify, be, show · **To what, where:** perfect example, character, Autumn, good knight, good king

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To typify is to be a perfect example of a kind of thing, or to show its character clearly.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:typify:m1:1
# text = To typify is to be a perfect example of a kind of thing, or to show its character clearly.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	typify	typify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	advcl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	example	example	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
18	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **typify** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | a perfect example |  |  |  | of a kind of thing | tree rules |
| 3 | **show** | to-infinitive |  | thing's character |  |  |  | clearly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent character=Recipient |

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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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Pomona typifies Autumn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:typify:x1:1
# text = Pomona typifies Autumn.
1	Pomona	Pomona	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	typifies	typify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Autumn	Autumn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **typify** | present | Pomona | Autumn |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His bravery typifies the good knight.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:typify:x2:1
# text = His bravery typifies the good knight.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	bravery	bravery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	typifies	typify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **typify** | present | His bravery | the good knight |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The lion typifies a good king.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:typify:x3:1
# text = The lion typifies a good king.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	typifies	typify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **typify** | present | the lion | a good king |  |  |  |  | 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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