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title: asunder — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «asunder» in the school dictionary: Apart, into pieces, split or torn apart. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# asunder

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**Who acts:** tree, rope, They · **What happens:** split, tear apart, break, part · **To what, where:** pieces, asunder

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Apart, into pieces, split or torn apart.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:asunder:m1:1
# text = Apart, into pieces, split or torn apart.
1	Apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	split	split	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	torn	tear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
9	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | participle |  | pieces *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **tear apart** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | apart *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The tree split asunder.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:asunder:x1:1
# text = The tree split asunder.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	split	split	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	asunder	asunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | past | the tree | asunder |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent asunder=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The rope broke asunder.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:asunder:x2:1
# text = The rope broke asunder.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	asunder	asunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past | the rope | asunder |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer asunder=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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They parted asunder after the quarrel.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:asunder:x3:1
# text = They parted asunder after the quarrel.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	parted	part	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	asunder	asunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **part** | past | They | asunder |  |  | after the quarrel |  | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent asunder=Patient |

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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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