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title: asp — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «asp» in the school dictionary: An asp is a small, poisonous snake, found in hot countries and in old stories. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# asp

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**Who acts:** asp, fox · **What happens:** be, find, step, slide, talk · **To what, where:** small poisonous snake, hot countries, path, story

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An asp is a small, poisonous snake, found in hot countries and in old stories.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:asp:m1:1
# text = An asp is a small, poisonous snake, found in hot countries and in old stories.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	asp	asp	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	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 asp | a small poisonous snake |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | participle |  | a small poisonous snake *not said here* |  | hot countries and old stories |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: 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 fox nearly stepped on an asp.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:asp:x1:1
# text = The fox nearly stepped on an asp.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	stepped	step	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	asp	asp	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 | **step** | past | the fox |  |  |  |  | on a asp; nearly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on asp=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The asp slid quietly across the path.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:asp:x2:1
# text = The asp slid quietly across the path.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	asp	asp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	slid	slide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	across	across	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	path	path	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 | **slide** | past | the asp |  |  | the path |  | quietly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across path=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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In the story the asp was clever and could talk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:asp:x3:1
# text = In the story the asp was clever and could talk.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	asp	asp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the asp |  |  | the story |  | clever *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **talk** | could | the asp *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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