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title: blackthorn — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «blackthorn» in the school dictionary: A wild bush with black, sharp thorns and small sour dark berries called sloes. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# blackthorn

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**Who acts:** small sour dark berries, sheep, Sloes, He · **What happens:** call, hide, grow, cut · **To what, where:** sloes, blackthorn hedge, blackthorn, strong stick · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A wild bush with black, sharp thorns and small sour dark berries called sloes.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blackthorn:m1:1
# text = A wild bush with black, sharp thorns and small sour dark berries called sloes.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	thorns	thorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	sour	sour	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
14	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	sloes	sloe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | participle | small sour dark berries *not said here* | sloes |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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The sheep were hiding behind the blackthorn hedge.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blackthorn:x1:1
# text = The sheep were hiding behind the blackthorn hedge.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	blackthorn	blackthorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	hedge	hedge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · progressive | the sheep |  |  | the blackthorn hedge |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind hedge=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Sloes grow on the blackthorn in autumn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blackthorn:x2:1
# text = Sloes grow on the blackthorn in autumn.
1	Sloes	sloe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	blackthorn	blackthorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	autumn	autumn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Sloes |  |  | the blackthorn | autumn |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on blackthorn=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He cut a strong stick from the blackthorn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blackthorn:x3:1
# text = He cut a strong stick from the blackthorn.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	blackthorn	blackthorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | past | He | a strong stick |  | the blackthorn |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent stick=Product from blackthorn=Material |

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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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