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title: beaver — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «beaver» in the school dictionary: A beaver is a large rodent with thick brown fur, strong teeth and a wide, flat tail, that lives near rivers and lakes. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# beaver

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**Who acts:** beaver, that, Beavers, homes, She, her · **What happens:** be, live, beaver away, build, slap, call · **To what, where:** large rodent, rivers, dams, streams, tail, homes · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A beaver is a large rodent with thick brown fur, strong teeth and a wide, flat tail, that lives near rivers and lakes.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beaver:m1:1
# text = A beaver is a large rodent with thick brown fur, strong teeth and a wide, flat tail, that lives near rivers and lakes.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beaver	beaver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rodent	rodent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
16	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
18	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	nsubj	_	_
22	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
23	near	near	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	lakes	lake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a beaver | a large rodent |  |  |  | with thick brown fur and strong teeth and a wide flat tail | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present | that |  |  | rivers and lakes |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near river=Location |

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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 beaver away is to work very hard and steadily at something.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beaver:m2:1
# text = To beaver away is to work very hard and steadily at something.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	beaver	beaver	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	work	work	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	steadily	steadily	ADV	RB	_	8	conj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beaver away** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | hard, work *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Beavers build dams across streams with sticks and mud.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beaver:x1:1
# text = Beavers build dams across streams with sticks and mud.
1	Beavers	beaver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	build	build	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dams	dam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	across	across	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	streams	stream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	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 | **build** | present | Beavers | dams |  | streams |  | with sticks and mud | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dam=Theme with stick=Source |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A beaver slapped its tail on the water as a warning.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beaver:x2:1
# text = A beaver slapped its tail on the water as a warning.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beaver	beaver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	slapped	slap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slap** | past | a beaver | beaver's tail |  |  |  | as a warning; on the water | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent tail=Instrument on water=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Beavers live in homes called lodges.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beaver:x3:1
# text = Beavers live in homes called lodges.
1	Beavers	beaver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	homes	home	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	lodges	lodge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Beavers |  |  | homes |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in home=Location |
| 2 | **call** | participle | homes *not said here* | lodges |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The beaver is a symbol of Canada.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beaver:x4:1
# text = The beaver is a symbol of Canada.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beaver	beaver	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	symbol	symbol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the beaver | a symbol |  |  |  | of Canada | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She's been beavering away at her project all afternoon.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beaver:x5:1
# text = She's been beavering away at her project all afternoon.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux	_	_
4	beavering	beaver	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	project	project	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beaver away** | present · progressive | She |  |  | her project | afternoon | away *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **project** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom project «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Beavers' front teeth never stop growing.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beaver:x6:1
# text = Beavers' front teeth never stop growing.
1	Beavers	beaver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stop** | present | Beavers's front teeth |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **grow** | gerund | Beavers's front teeth *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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