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title: youthful — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «youthful» in the school dictionary: Young, or full of the energy, hope and spirit of being young. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# youthful

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**Who acts:** He, youthful eyes, They, youthful prince · **What happens:** be, have, sparkle, make, explore · **To what, where:** youthful face, youthful mistake

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«youthful» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [youthful in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/youthful.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Young, or full of the energy, hope and spirit of being young.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:youthful:m1:1
# text = Young, or full of the energy, hope and spirit of being young.
1	Young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	hope	hope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	cop	_	_
14	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | young *property* | 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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He had a youthful face.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:youthful:x1:1
# text = He had a youthful face.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	youthful	youthful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | He | a youthful face |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Her youthful eyes sparkled with joy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:youthful:x2:1
# text = Her youthful eyes sparkled with joy.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	youthful	youthful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sparkled	sparkle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sparkle** | participle | Her youthful eyes |  |  |  |  | with joy | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with joy=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They made a youthful mistake.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:youthful:x3:1
# text = They made a youthful mistake.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	youthful	youthful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | They | a youthful mistake |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The youthful prince was keen to explore.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:youthful:x4:1
# text = The youthful prince was keen to explore.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	youthful	youthful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	keen	keen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	explore	explore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	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** | past | the youthful prince |  |  |  |  | keen *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **explore** | to-infinitive | the youthful prince *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: 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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