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title: veritable — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «veritable» in the school dictionary: Veritable means real, true, and worthy of the name, often used to praise or to show surprise. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# veritable

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**Who acts:** Veritable, he, Babrias · **What happens:** mean, use, praise, show, not see, conclude · **To what, where:** real, name, surprise, Irishman, nest, earliest reliable collector

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Veritable means real, true, and worthy of the name, often used to praise or to show surprise.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:veritable:m1:1
# text = Veritable means real, true, and worthy of the name, often used to praise or to show surprise.
1	Veritable	veritable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	worthy	worthy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	often	often	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	praise	praise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	conj	_	_
20	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Veritable | real |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent real=Topic |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | the name *not said here* |  |  |  | often *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **praise** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **show** | to-infinitive |  | surprise |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent surprise=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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The Irishman had never seen any of this fruit before, and he at once concluded that he had discovered a veritable mare's nest.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:veritable:x1:1
# text = The Irishman had never seen any of this fruit before, and he at once concluded that he had discovered a veritable mare's nest.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Irishman	Irishman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	before	before	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	16	obl	_	_
16	concluded	conclude	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
17	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
19	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	discovered	discover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	ccomp	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	veritable	veritable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	mare	mare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	's	's	PART	POS	_	23	case	_	_
25	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | past · perfect · passive |  | the Irishman |  |  |  | before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **conclude** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **discover** | past · perfect | he | a veritable mare's nest |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Thus Babrias is the earliest and most reliable collector of veritable Æsopian Fables.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:veritable:x2:1
# text = Thus Babrias is the earliest and most reliable collector of veritable Æsopian Fables.
1	Thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
2	Babrias	Babrias	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
5	earliest	early	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	reliable	reliable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	collector	collector	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	veritable	veritable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	Æsopian	Æsopian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Fables	fable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Babrias | the earliest reliable collector |  |  |  | of veritable Æsopian Fables; thus *property* | 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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