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title: billet — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «billet» in the school dictionary: A short thick piece of wood, cut ready for chopping or burning. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# billet

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**Who acts:** woodcutter, She, you · **What happens:** cut, burn, stack, give, chop, split · **To what, where:** short thick piece, billets, billet, him, logs

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A short thick piece of wood, cut ready for chopping or burning.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:billet:m1:1
# text = A short thick piece of wood, cut ready for chopping or burning.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	chopping	chopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | participle |  | a short thick piece of wood *not said here* |  |  |  | ready *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **burn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A short note or letter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:billet:m2:1
# text = A short note or letter.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The woodcutter stacked the billets by the door.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:billet:x1:1
# text = The woodcutter stacked the billets by the door.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	woodcutter	woodcutter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stacked	stack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	billets	billet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	door	door	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 | **stack** | past | the woodcutter | the billets |  |  |  | by the door | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent billet=Theme by door=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She gave him a billet of wood to chop.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:billet:x2:1
# text = She gave him a billet of wood to chop.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	billet	billet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	chop	chop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | She | a billet of wood | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient billet=Theme |
| 2 | **chop** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | a billet of wood *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Split the logs into billets for the fire.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:billet:x3:1
# text = Split the logs into billets for the fire.
1	Split	split	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	logs	log	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	billets	billet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | imperative | you *not said here* | the logs |  |  |  | into billets *result*; for the fire | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent log=Patient into billet=Result |

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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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