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title: akimbo — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «akimbo» in the school dictionary: Akimbo means with the hands on the hips and the elbows bent outwards, like a jug handle. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# akimbo

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**Who acts:** Akimbo, farmer, She, He · **What happens:** mean, stand, put, frown, set, fly off · **To what, where:** hands, hips, arms akimbo

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«akimbo» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: [akimbo in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/akimbo.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Akimbo means with the hands on the hips and the elbows bent outwards, like a jug handle.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:akimbo:m1:1
# text = Akimbo means with the hands on the hips and the elbows bent outwards, like a jug handle.
1	Akimbo	Akimbo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hips	hip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	elbows	elbow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
12	bent	bent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
13	outwards	outwards	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	like	like	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	jug	jug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	handle	handle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Akimbo |  |  |  |  | with the hands on the hips and the elbows | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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The farmer stood with his arms akimbo.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:akimbo:x1:1
# text = The farmer stood with his arms akimbo.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	compound	_	_
7	akimbo	akimbo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | the farmer |  |  |  |  | with farmer's arms akimbo | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She put her hands on her hips, arms akimbo, and frowned.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:akimbo:x2:1
# text = She put her hands on her hips, arms akimbo, and frowned.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hips	hip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	compound	_	_
10	akimbo	akimbo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	frowned	frown	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past | She | her hands |  | her hips and arms akimbo |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on hip=Destination |
| 2 | **frown** | participle | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He set his arms akimbo and flew off like a falcon.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:akimbo:x3:1
# text = He set his arms akimbo and flew off like a falcon.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	compound	_	_
5	akimbo	akimbo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	falcon	falcon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | past | He | his arms akimbo |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient akimbo=Result |
| 2 | **fly off** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like a falcon | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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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