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title: beagle — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «beagle» in the school dictionary: A beagle is a small to medium hunting dog with long floppy ears, short legs and a white, brown and black coat. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# beagle

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**Who acts:** beagle, HMS, ship, doorbell, Snoopy, Darwin · **What happens:** be, sail, study, howl, ring, sniff · **To what, where:** ship, nature, beagle, bag, airport, HMS Beagle

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«beagle» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: [beagle in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/beagle.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A beagle is a small to medium hunting dog with long floppy ears, short legs and a white, brown and black coat.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beagle:m1:1
# text = A beagle is a small to medium hunting dog with long floppy ears, short legs and a white, brown and black coat.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beagle	beagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	medium	medium	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	floppy	floppy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
19	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	conj	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	conj	_	_
24	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a beagle |  |  |  |  | to medium hunting dog; with long floppy ears and short legs and a white coat; small *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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
HMS Beagle was the ship Charles Darwin sailed on to study nature (a name).

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beagle:m2:1
# text = HMS Beagle was the ship Charles Darwin sailed on to study nature (a name).
1	HMS	HMS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Beagle	Beagle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	Charles	Charles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
7	Darwin	Darwin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	sailed	sail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	on	on	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	study	study	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
12	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | HMS | the ship |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sail** | past | the ship |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **study** | to-infinitive | the ship *not said here* | nature |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Topic |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our beagle howls when the doorbell rings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beagle:x1:1
# text = Our beagle howls when the doorbell rings.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	beagle	beagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	howls	howl	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	doorbell	doorbell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	rings	ring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **howl** | present | Our beagle |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **ring** | present | the doorbell |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Snoopy is a beagle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beagle:x2:1
# text = Snoopy is a beagle.
1	Snoopy	Snoopy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	beagle	beagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Snoopy | a beagle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The beagle sniffed every bag at the airport.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beagle:x3:1
# text = The beagle sniffed every bag at the airport.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beagle	beagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sniffed	sniff	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	airport	airport	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 | **sniff** | past | the beagle | every bag |  | the airport |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Darwin sailed on HMS Beagle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beagle:x4:1
# text = Darwin sailed on HMS Beagle.
1	Darwin	Darwin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sailed	sail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	HMS	HMS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Beagle	Beagle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	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 | **sail** | past | Darwin |  |  | HMS Beagle |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Beagles love to follow their noses.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beagle:x5:1
# text = Beagles love to follow their noses.
1	Beagles	beagle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	follow	follow	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	noses	nose	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 | **love** | present | Beagles |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **follow** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Beagles *not said here* | Beagles's noses |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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A beagle needs lots of walks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beagle:x6:1
# text = A beagle needs lots of walks.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beagle	beagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	walks	walk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | a beagle | lots of walks |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot lot=Theme |

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