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title: bask — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bask» in the school dictionary: To lie or sit enjoying warmth, especially sunlight. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# bask

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**Who acts:** She, teacher, win, their, Snakes, Gon · **What happens:** lie, sit, enjoy, bask, praise, glory · **To what, where:** warmth, attention, lizard, warm rock, Seals, beach

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«bask» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [bask in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bask.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To lie or sit enjoying warmth, especially sunlight.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bask:m1:1
# text = To lie or sit enjoying warmth, especially sunlight.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	lie	lie	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	enjoying	enjoy	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	warmth	warmth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **enjoy** | gerund |  | warmth and sunlight |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer warmth=Stimulus |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To enjoy attention, praise or success.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bask:m2:1
# text = To enjoy attention, praise or success.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	success	success	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enjoy** | to-infinitive |  | attention and praise or success |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer attention=Stimulus |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The lizard basked on a warm rock.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bask:x1:1
# text = The lizard basked on a warm rock.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lizard	lizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	basked	bask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **bask** | participle |  | the lizard *not said here* |  | a warm rock |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Seals basked on the beach.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bask:x2:1
# text = Seals basked on the beach.
1	Seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	basked	bask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bask** | participle |  | Seals *not said here* |  | the beach |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The cat basked in the sunshine by the window.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bask:x3:1
# text = The cat basked in the sunshine by the window.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	basked	bask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bask** | participle |  | the cat *not said here* |  | the sunshine |  | by the window | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She basked in her teacher's praise.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bask:x4:1
# text = She basked in her teacher's praise.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	basked	bask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **bask** | past | She |  |  | her teacher's praise |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **praise** |  | her teacher |  |  |  |  |  | nom praise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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The team basked in the glory of their win.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bask:x5:1
# text = The team basked in the glory of their win.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	basked	bask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	glory	glory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	win	win	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 | **bask** | participle |  | the team *not said here* |  | the glory of their win |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **glory** |  | their win |  |  |  |  |  | nom glory «state intransitive»: of=agent |
| 3 | **win** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom win «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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Snakes bask to warm their bodies.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bask:x6:1
# text = Snakes bask to warm their bodies.
1	Snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bask	bask	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	warm	warm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	bodies	body	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bask** | present | Snakes |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **warm** | to-infinitive | Snakes *not said here* | Snakes's bodies |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent body=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

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Time passed on, and one morning Gon lay before the house door, basking in the sun.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bask:x7:1
# text = Time passed on, and one morning Gon lay before the house door, basking in the sun.
1	Time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
2	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	Gon	Gon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	before	before	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	basking	bask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	sun.	sun.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass on** | participle |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **lie** | past | Gon |  |  | the house door | morning |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before door=Location |
| 3 | **bask** | gerund | Gon *not said here* |  |  | the sun. |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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