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fictional

Who acts: Sherlock, village, Dragons, We, film, this · What happens: invent, make up, do, imagine, be, base · To what, where: stories, fictional detective, village, real place, fictional creatures, fictional diary

«fictional» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: fictional in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Invented, made up, not real, as in «a fictional character».

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Invented	conj
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 made	compound:prt
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 real	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 real	advmod
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Invented	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 character	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 character	mark
10	in	in	ADP	_	14 character	case
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 character	punct
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 character	det
13	fictional	fictional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 character	amod
14	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 real	parataxis
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 character	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Invented	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	participle							vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make up	participle							vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

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

To do with fiction, stories that are imagined rather than true.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 do	mark
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 fiction	case
4	fiction	fiction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 do	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 stories	punct
6	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fiction	conj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 imagined	nsubj:pass
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 imagined	aux:pass
9	imagined	imagine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 stories	acl:relcl
10	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	12 true	cc
11	than	than	ADP	_	10 rather	fixed
12	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 imagined	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	to-infinitive						with fiction and stories	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	imagine	present · passive		stories					vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 1

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sherlock	Sherlock	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 detective	nsubj
2	Holmes	Holmes	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Sherlock	flat
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 detective	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 detective	det
5	fictional	fictional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 detective	amod
6	detective	detective	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 detective	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Sherlock	a fictional detective					tree rules

Example 2

The village in the book is fictional, but it is based on a real place.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 village	det
2	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fictional	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 book	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 book	det
5	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 village	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fictional	cop
7	fictional	fictional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 based	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 based	cc
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 based	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 based	aux:pass
12	based	base	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 fictional	parataxis
13	on	on	ADP	_	16 place	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 place	det
15	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 place	amod
16	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 based	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 fictional	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the village in the book					fictional property	tree rules
2	base	present · passive		village		a real place			vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme on place=Source

Example 3

Dragons are fictional creatures.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dragons	dragon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 creatures	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 creatures	cop
3	fictional	fictional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 creatures	amod
4	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 creatures	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Dragons	fictional creatures					tree rules

Example 4

We wrote a fictional diary of a Roman soldier.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 wrote	nsubj
2	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 diary	det
4	fictional	fictional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 diary	amod
5	diary	diary	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrote	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 soldier	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 soldier	det
8	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 soldier	amod
9	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 diary	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wrote	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past	We	a fictional diary of a Roman soldier					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diary=Theme

Example 5

The film is fictional, even though it feels real.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 film	det
2	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fictional	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fictional	cop
4	fictional	fictional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 feels	punct
6	even	even	ADV	_	9 feels	advmod
7	though	though	SCONJ	_	9 feels	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 feels	nsubj
9	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fictional	conj
10	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 feels	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 fictional	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the film					fictional property	tree rules
2	feel	present	film					real property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 6

Is this a fictional story or a true one?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 story	cop
2	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 story	nsubj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 story	det
4	fictional	fictional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 story	amod
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 one	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 one	det
8	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 one	amod
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 story	conj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 story	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	this	a fictional story or a true one					tree rules

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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