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fictitious

Who acts: Sherlock, story, thief, characters, scammer, dog · What happens: invent, make up, use, trick, be, take · To what, where: people, fictitious detective, place, fictitious town, fictitious name, police

«fictitious» 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: fictitious in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Invented or made up; not real or true.

ccconjcompound:prtpunctadvmodconjccconjpunctrootInventedVERBorCCONJmadeVERBupADP;PUNCTnotPARTrealADJorCCONJtrueADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1InventedinventVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
2ororCCONJ_3 madecc
3mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass1 Inventedconj
4upupADP_3 madecompound:prt
5;;PUNCT_7 realpunct
6notnotPARTPolarity=Neg7 realadvmod
7realrealADJDegree=Pos1 Inventedconj
8ororCCONJ_9 truecc
9truetrueADJDegree=Pos7 realconj
10..PUNCT_1 Inventedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1inventparticiplevn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2make upparticiplevn 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

Used as a false name or detail to trick people.

casedetamodoblccconjmarkadvclobjpunctrootUsedVERBasADPaDETfalseADJnameNOUNorCCONJdetailNOUNtoPARTtrickVERBpeopleNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1UseduseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
2asasADP_5 namecase
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 namedet
4falsefalseADJDegree=Pos5 nameamod
5namenameNOUNNumber=Sing1 Usedobl
6ororCCONJ_7 detailcc
7detaildetailNOUNNumber=Sing5 nameconj
8totoPART_9 trickmark
9tricktrickVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Usedadvcl
10peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur9 trickobj
11..PUNCT_1 Usedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1useparticipleas a false name or detailvn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2trickto-infinitivepeoplevn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient

Example 1

Sherlock Holmes is a fictitious detective.

nsubjflatcopdetamodpunctrootSherlockPROPNHolmesPROPNisAUXaDETfictitiousADJdetectiveNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SherlockSherlockPROPNNumber=Sing6 detectivensubj
2HolmesHolmesPROPNNumber=Sing1 Sherlockflat
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 detectivecop
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 detectivedet
5fictitiousfictitiousADJDegree=Pos6 detectiveamod
6detectivedetectiveNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7..PUNCT_6 detectivepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentSherlocka fictitious detectivetree rules

Example 2

The story takes place in a fictitious town by the sea.

detnsubjobjcasedetamodoblcasedetoblpunctrootTheDETstoryNOUNtakesVERBplaceNOUNinADPaDETfictitiousADJtownNOUNbyADPtheDETseaNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 storydet
2storystoryNOUNNumber=Sing3 takesnsubj
3takestakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing3 takesobj
5ininADP_8 towncase
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 towndet
7fictitiousfictitiousADJDegree=Pos8 townamod
8towntownNOUNNumber=Sing3 takesobl
9bybyADP_11 seacase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 seadet
11seaseaNOUNNumber=Sing3 takesobl
12..PUNCT_3 takespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1takepresentthe storyplacea fictitious townby the seavn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent place=Value in town=Location

Example 3

The thief gave a fictitious name to the police.

detnsubjdetamodobjcasedetoblpunctrootTheDETthiefNOUNgaveVERBaDETfictitiousADJnameNOUNtoADPtheDETpoliceNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 thiefdet
2thiefthiefNOUNNumber=Sing3 gavensubj
3gavegiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 namedet
5fictitiousfictitiousADJDegree=Pos6 nameamod
6namenameNOUNNumber=Sing3 gaveobj
7totoADP_9 policecase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 policedet
9policepoliceNOUNNumber=Plur3 gaveobl
10..PUNCT_3 gavepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1givepastthe thiefa fictitious namethe policevn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Theme to police=Recipient

Example 4

All the characters in this book are fictitious.

det:predetdetnsubjcasedetnmodcoppunctrootAllDETtheDETcharactersNOUNinADPthisDETbookNOUNareAUXfictitiousADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AllallDETPronType=Tot3 charactersdet:predet
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 charactersdet
3characterscharacterNOUNNumber=Plur8 fictitiousnsubj
4ininADP_6 bookcase
5thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem6 bookdet
6bookbookNOUNNumber=Sing3 charactersnmod
7arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 fictitiouscop
8fictitiousfictitiousADJDegree=Posrootroot
9..PUNCT_8 fictitiouspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentall characters in this bookfictitious propertytree rules

Example 5

The scammer used a fictitious address.

detnsubjdetamodobjpunctrootTheDETscammerNOUNusedVERBaDETfictitiousADJaddressNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 scammerdet
2scammerscammerNOUNNumber=Sing3 usednsubj
3useduseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 addressdet
5fictitiousfictitiousADJDegree=Pos6 addressamod
6addressaddressNOUNNumber=Sing3 usedobj
7..PUNCT_3 usedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1usepastthe scammera fictitious addressvn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent address=Patient

Example 6

Her excuse about the dog eating her homework was fictitious.

nmod:possnsubjcasedetnmodaclnmod:possobjcoppunctrootHerPRONexcuseNOUNaboutADPtheDETdogNOUNeatingVERBherPRONhomeworkNOUNwasAUXfictitiousADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HerherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 excusenmod:poss
2excuseexcuseNOUNNumber=Sing10 fictitiousnsubj
3aboutaboutADP_5 dogcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 dogdet
5dogdogNOUNNumber=Sing2 excusenmod
6eatingeatVERBVerbForm=Ger5 dogacl
7herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 homeworknmod:poss
8homeworkhomeworkNOUNNumber=Sing6 eatingobj
9wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 fictitiouscop
10fictitiousfictitiousADJDegree=Posrootroot
11..PUNCT_10 fictitiouspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1eatgerundthe dog not said heredog's homeworkvn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Patient
2ispastHer excuse about the dogfictitious propertytree rules
3excuseHer = sheabout the dognom excuse «communication transitive»: poss=agent about=obl

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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