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title: xii — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «xii» in the school dictionary: The Roman numeral for 12. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# xii

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**Who acts:** hands, Pope, Chapter, XII, you, Louis · **What happens:** point, live, tell, mean, write, be · **To what, where:** XII, midday, 1900s, end, ten, 12 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«xii» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: [xii in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/xii.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The Roman numeral for 12.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:xii:m1:1
# text = The Roman numeral for 12.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	numeral	numeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The clock's hands both pointed to XII at midday.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:xii:x1:1
# text = The clock's hands both pointed to XII at midday.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	both	both	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	pointed	point	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	XII	xii	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	midday	midday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point** | past | the clock's hands |  | XII | midday |  | both *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to xii=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Pope Pius XII lived in the 1900s.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:xii:x2:1
# text = Pope Pius XII lived in the 1900s.
1	Pope	Pope	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	Pius	Pius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	XII	XII	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
4	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	1900s	1900	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | Pope |  |  | the 1900s |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1900=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chapter XII tells the end of the story.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:xii:x3:1
# text = Chapter XII tells the end of the story.
1	Chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	XII	XII	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
3	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Chapter | the end of the story |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent end=Recipient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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XII means ten plus two.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:xii:x4:1
# text = XII means ten plus two.
1	XII	xii	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	_
4	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | XII | ten |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ten=Topic |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Write 12 in Roman numerals: XII.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:xii:x5:1
# text = Write 12 in Roman numerals: XII.
1	Write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	numerals	numeral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	XII	XII	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | imperative | you *not said here* | 12 |  | Roman numerals |  | XII *obl* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent 12=Theme in numeral=Destination |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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Louis XII was a king of France.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:xii:x6:1
# text = Louis XII was a king of France.
1	Louis	Louis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	XII	XII	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Louis | a king |  |  |  | of France | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chapter XII The Search for the Wicked Witch

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:xii:x7:1
# text = Chapter XII The Search for the Wicked Witch
1	Chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	XII	XII	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
3	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Search	search	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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