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title: valiant — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «valiant» in the school dictionary: Valiant means very brave, not afraid of danger. It is a word for heroes. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# valiant

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**Who acts:** Valiant, valiant knight, valiant girl, you · **What happens:** mean, be, ride, save, not give up · **To what, where:** word, dark wood, brother, wolf

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Valiant means very brave, not afraid of danger. It is a word for heroes.

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*Sentence 1:* Valiant means very brave, not afraid of danger.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:valiant:m1:1
# text = Valiant means very brave, not afraid of danger.
1	Valiant	valiant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	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 | Valiant |  |  |  |  | brave *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.

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*Sentence 2:* It is a word for heroes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:valiant:m1:2
# text = It is a word for heroes.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	heroes	hero	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Valiant | a word |  |  |  | for heroes | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The valiant knight rode into the dark wood.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:valiant:x1:1
# text = The valiant knight rode into the dark wood.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	valiant	valiant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | the valiant knight |  |  | the dark wood |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent into wood=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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A valiant girl saved her brother from the wolf.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:valiant:x2:1
# text = A valiant girl saved her brother from the wolf.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	valiant	valiant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	saved	save	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | past | a valiant girl | girl's brother |  | the wolf |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent brother=Theme from wolf=Source |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Be valiant and never give up.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:valiant:x3:1
# text = Be valiant and never give up.
1	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	valiant	valiant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | valiant *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **give up** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «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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