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title: blunder — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «blunder» in the school dictionary: A blunder is a clumsy mistake. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# blunder

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**Who acts:** blunder, you, I · **What happens:** be, blunder, move about, not make, spill · **To what, where:** clumsy mistake, clumsy careless way, blunder, milk, clumsy camel, tent

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A blunder is a clumsy mistake.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blunder:m1:1
# text = A blunder is a clumsy mistake.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	blunder	blunder	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	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	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 blunder | a clumsy mistake |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 blunder is to make a clumsy mistake, or to move about in a clumsy, careless way.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blunder:m2:1
# text = To blunder is to make a clumsy mistake, or to move about in a clumsy, careless way.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	blunder	blunder	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
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	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
13	about	about	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
16	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
18	careless	careless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blunder** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | make *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **move about** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | a clumsy careless way |  | about *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in way=Trajectory |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Don't make a blunder with the money.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blunder:x1:1
# text = Don't make a blunder with the money.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	blunder	blunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	money	money	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 | **not** **make** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | a blunder |  |  |  | with the money | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset blunder=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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I blundered and spilled the milk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blunder:x2:1
# text = I blundered and spilled the milk.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blundered	blunder	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	spilled	spill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blunder** | past | I |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **spill** | past | I *not said here* | the milk |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location milk=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The clumsy camel blundered into the tent.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blunder:x3:1
# text = The clumsy camel blundered into the tent.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	blundered	blunder	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blunder** | participle |  | the clumsy camel *not said here* |  | the tent |  |  | tree rules |

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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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