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title: alleyway — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «alleyway» in the school dictionary: A narrow path or lane between or behind buildings. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# alleyway

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**Who acts:** We, cat, you, detective, street · **What happens:** take, disappear, stay, keep, follow, have · **To what, where:** alleyway, shops, main road, bins, footprints

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A narrow path or lane between or behind buildings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:alleyway:m1:1
# text = A narrow path or lane between or behind buildings.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	between	between	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	6	conj	_	_
9	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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We took the alleyway behind the shops.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:alleyway:x1:1
# text = We took the alleyway behind the shops.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	alleyway	alleyway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | We | the alleyway |  | the shops |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alleyway=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The cat disappeared down the alleyway.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:alleyway:x2:1
# text = The cat disappeared down the alleyway.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	disappeared	disappear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	alleyway	alleyway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **disappear** | past | the cat |  |  |  |  | down the alleyway | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Stay on the main road, not in dark alleyways.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:alleyway:x3:1
# text = Stay on the main road, not in dark alleyways.
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	alleyways	alleyway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the main road |  | in dark alleyways | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on road=Location |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The bins are kept in the alleyway.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:alleyway:x4:1
# text = The bins are kept in the alleyway.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bins	bin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	alleyway	alleyway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present · passive |  | the bins |  | the alleyway |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in alleyway=Location |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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The detective followed footprints into the alleyway.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:alleyway:x5:1
# text = The detective followed footprints into the alleyway.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	detective	detective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	footprints	footprint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	alleyway	alleyway	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 | **follow** | past | the detective | footprints |  | the alleyway |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent footprint=Theme into alleyway=Trajectory |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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Our street has an alleyway to the park.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:alleyway:x6:1
# text = Our street has an alleyway to the park.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	alleyway	alleyway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Our street | a alleyway |  |  |  | to the park | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alleyway=Patient |

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