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title: venerable — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «venerable» in the school dictionary: Venerable means old and deserving respect, often because of great age. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# venerable

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**Who acts:** Venerable, One, It · **What happens:** mean, deserve, title, feel, be, cripple · **To what, where:** old respect, respect, novice, venerable old boulders, large venerable tree, little

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«venerable» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [venerable in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/venerable.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Venerable means old and deserving respect, often because of great age.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:venerable:m1:1
# text = Venerable means old and deserving respect, often because of great age.
1	Venerable	Venerable	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	deserving	deserve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
6	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	often	often	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Venerable | old respect |  |  | because great age |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respect=Topic |
| 2 | **deserve** | gerund | Venerable *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A title of respect for some church people.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:venerable:m2:1
# text = A title of respect for some church people.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
7	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **title** |  |  | respect for some church people |  |  |  |  | nom title «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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One feels quite a novice beside these venerable million-year-old boulders.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:venerable:x1:1
# text = One feels quite a novice beside these venerable million-year-old boulders.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	quite	quite	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	5	det:predet	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	novice	novice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
7	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	14	det	_	_
8	venerable	venerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
9	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	boulders	boulder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | One | quite novice |  | this venerable old boulders |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent novice=Theme beside boulder=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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It is a large venerable tree, though a little crippled by age.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:venerable:x2:1
# text = It is a large venerable tree, though a little crippled by age.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	venerable	venerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	crippled	cripple	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a large venerable tree |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cripple** | participle |  | a little |  |  | by age |  | vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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