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title: betwixt — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «betwixt» in the school dictionary: Betwixt means between: in the middle of two things or people. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# betwixt

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**Who acts:** Betwixt, steep mountain, I, river · **What happens:** mean, lie, be, grow, run · **To what, where:** two villages

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Betwixt means between: in the middle of two things or people.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:betwixt:m1:1
# text = Betwixt means between: in the middle of two things or people.
1	Betwixt	betwixt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Betwixt |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent between=Topic |

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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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A steep mountain lay betwixt them.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:betwixt:x1:1
# text = A steep mountain lay betwixt them.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	betwixt	betwixt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | past | a steep mountain |  |  |  |  | betwixt *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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I am betwixt and between: not a child, not yet a grown-up.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:betwixt:x2:1
# text = I am betwixt and between: not a child, not yet a grown-up.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	betwixt	betwixt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
12	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | I |  |  |  |  | betwixt *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The river ran betwixt the two villages.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:betwixt:x3:1
# text = The river ran betwixt the two villages.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	betwixt	betwixt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	villages	village	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | the river | the two villages |  |  |  | betwixt *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme village=Trajectory |

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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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