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title: zephyr — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «zephyr» in the school dictionary: A soft, gentle breeze, especially a warm one on a summer day. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# zephyr

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**Who acts:** zephyr, little zephyr, warm zephyr · **What happens:** blow, cool, kiss, lift · **To what, where:** trees, faces, hill, flowers, kite

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A soft, gentle breeze, especially a warm one on a summer day.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zephyr:m1:1
# text = A soft, gentle breeze, especially a warm one on a summer day.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	breeze	breeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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A zephyr blew through the trees.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zephyr:x1:1
# text = A zephyr blew through the trees.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	zephyr	zephyr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past | a zephyr |  |  | the trees |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The zephyr cooled our faces on the hill.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zephyr:x2:1
# text = The zephyr cooled our faces on the hill.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	zephyr	zephyr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cooled	cool	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cool** | past | the zephyr | our faces |  | the hill |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent face=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The little zephyr kissed the flowers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zephyr:x3:1
# text = The little zephyr kissed the flowers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	zephyr	zephyr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kiss** | past | the little zephyr | the flowers |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Co-Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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A warm zephyr lifted the kite.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zephyr:x4:1
# text = A warm zephyr lifted the kite.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	zephyr	zephyr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lifted	lift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kite	kite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | past | a warm zephyr | the kite |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kite=Theme |

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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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