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title: ashy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ashy» in the school dictionary: Ashy means covered with ash, or grey like ash. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ashy

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**Who acts:** Ashy, Ashy pale, someone, face, fire, She · **What happens:** mean, cover, be, go, see, leave · **To what, where:** snake, grate · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Ashy means covered with ash, or grey like ash.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ashy:m1:1
# text = Ashy means covered with ash, or grey like ash.
1	Ashy	ashy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Ashy |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **cover** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with ash | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with ash=Theme |

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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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Ashy pale means very pale, as when someone is scared or shocked.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ashy:m2:1
# text = Ashy pale means very pale, as when someone is scared or shocked.
1	Ashy	ashy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	11	mark	_	_
9	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	shocked	shocked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Ashy pale |  |  |  |  | pale *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | someone |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | someone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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His face went ashy pale when he saw the snake.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ashy:x1:1
# text = His face went ashy pale when he saw the snake.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	ashy	ashy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | His face |  |  |  |  | pale *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | past | face | the snake |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer snake=Stimulus |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The fire left the grate ashy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ashy:x2:1
# text = The fire left the grate ashy.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	grate	grate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	ashy	ashy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | the fire | the grate |  |  |  | ashy *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grate=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She turned ashy with shock.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ashy:x3:1
# text = She turned ashy with shock.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	ashy	ashy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	shock	shock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | She |  |  |  |  | ashy *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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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