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title: amble — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «amble» in the school dictionary: To amble is to walk slowly and calmly, without hurry. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# amble

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**Who acts:** amble, He, We · **What happens:** amble, be, amble off, go · **To what, where:** slow easy walk, wolf, small round hut

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«amble» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [amble in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/amble.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To amble is to walk slowly and calmly, without hurry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amble:m1:1
# text = To amble is to walk slowly and calmly, without hurry.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	amble	amble	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	hurry	hurry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **amble** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | without hurry; slowly, walk *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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An amble is a slow, easy walk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amble:m2:1
# text = An amble is a slow, easy walk.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	amble	amble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a amble | a slow easy walk |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The wolf ambled off home.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amble:x1:1
# text = The wolf ambled off home.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	ambled	amble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **amble off** | participle |  | the wolf *not said here* |  |  |  | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He was ambling towards the small round hut.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amble:x2:1
# text = He was ambling towards the small round hut.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	ambling	amble	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hut	hut	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 | **amble** | past · progressive | He |  |  | the small round hut |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards hut=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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We went for a slow amble in the park.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:amble:x3:1
# text = We went for a slow amble in the park.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	amble	amble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | We |  |  |  |  | for a slow amble in the park | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for amble=Beneficiary |

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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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