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title: brimming — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «brimming» in the school dictionary: Brimming means filled right up to the top, so full that it runs over the edge. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# brimming

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**Who acts:** Brimming, apron, He, It · **What happens:** mean, fill, run, brim over, carry back, brim · **To what, where:** edge, bucket · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Brimming means filled right up to the top, so full that it runs over the edge.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brimming:m1:1
# text = Brimming means filled right up to the top, so full that it runs over the edge.
1	Brimming	brimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
15	over	over	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Brimming |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **fill** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | up the top | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **run** | present | Brimming |  |  | the edge |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over edge=Trajectory |

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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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Proserpina's apron was soon brimming over with blossoms.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brimming:x1:1
# text = Proserpina's apron was soon brimming over with blossoms.
1	Proserpina	Proserpina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	apron	apron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	brimming	brim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	over	over	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	blossoms	blossom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brim over** | past · progressive | Proserpina's apron |  |  |  |  | with blossoms; over, soon *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He carried the bucket back brimming over.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brimming:x2:1
# text = He carried the bucket back brimming over.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	brimming	brim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry back** | past | He | the bucket |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme |
| 2 | **brim over** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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It is brimming with delicious wine.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brimming:x3:1
# text = It is brimming with delicious wine.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	brimming	brim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	delicious	delicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brim** | present · progressive | It |  |  |  |  | with delicious wine | 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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