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title: brawl — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «brawl» in the school dictionary: A brawl is a noisy, rough fight between people. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# brawl

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**Who acts:** brawl, two men, you · **What happens:** be, break out, get, stop, hurt · **To what, where:** noisy rough fight, inn, brawl, someone

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A brawl is a noisy, rough fight between people.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brawl:m1:1
# text = A brawl is a noisy, rough fight between people.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brawl	brawl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	noisy	noisy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	between	between	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a brawl | a noisy rough fight |  |  |  | between people | 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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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A brawl broke out in the inn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brawl:x1:1
# text = A brawl broke out in the inn.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brawl	brawl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	inn	inn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **break out** | past | a brawl |  |  | the inn |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in inn=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The two men got into a brawl.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brawl:x2:1
# text = The two men got into a brawl.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	brawl	brawl	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 | **get** | past | the two men |  |  | a brawl |  |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into brawl=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Stop the brawl before someone is hurt.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brawl:x3:1
# text = Stop the brawl before someone is hurt.
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	brawl	brawl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | the brawl |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality brawl=Eventuality |
| 2 | **hurt** | present · passive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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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