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title: belch — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «belch» in the school dictionary: To belch is to let wind come noisily up from the stomach through the mouth. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# belch

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**Who acts:** dragon, old engine, you · **What happens:** be, come, rush, belch, not belch · **To what, where:** stomach, smoke, evil vapour, black smoke, table

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«belch» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [belch in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/belch.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To belch is to let wind come noisily up from the stomach through the mouth.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:belch:m1:1
# text = To belch is to let wind come noisily up from the stomach through the mouth.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	belch	belch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	noisily	noisily	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	up	up	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	through	through	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | let *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | infinitive |  |  |  | the stomach |  | through the mouth | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from stomach=Initial\_Location through mouth=Destination |

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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}

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To belch is also to send out a big rush of smoke, steam, or fire.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:belch:m2:1
# text = To belch is also to send out a big rush of smoke, steam, or fire.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	belch	belch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	advcl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	send	send	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	rush	rush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | send *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **rush** |  |  | smoke |  |  |  |  | nom rush «act transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The dragon belched forth an evil vapour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:belch:x1:1
# text = The dragon belched forth an evil vapour.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	belched	belch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	vapour	vapour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belch** | participle | the dragon *not said here* | a evil vapour |  |  |  | forth *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location vapour=Source |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The old engine belched black smoke.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:belch:x2:1
# text = The old engine belched black smoke.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	engine	engine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	belched	belch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belch** | participle | the old engine *not said here* | black smoke |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location smoke=Source |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Please do not belch at the table.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:belch:x3:1
# text = Please do not belch at the table.
1	Please	please	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	belch	belch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	table	table	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 | **not** **belch** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  | the table |  |  | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «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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