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title: brindle — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «brindle» in the school dictionary: Brindle is a coat of brown or grey with dark streaks or spots, as on some cows and dogs. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# brindle

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**Who acts:** Brindle, cow, brindle dog, farmer · **What happens:** be, have, wag, go, lie down, milk · **To what, where:** coat, animal, name, stories, striped tail, brindle cow

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Brindle is a coat of brown or grey with dark streaks or spots, as on some cows and dogs.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brindle:m1:1
# text = Brindle is a coat of brown or grey with dark streaks or spots, as on some cows and dogs.
1	Brindle	brindle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nmod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	streaks	streak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	18	det	_	_
18	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Brindle | a coat |  |  |  | of brown | 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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A brindle is an animal with such a coat; in stories a cow may have the name Brindle.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brindle:m2:1
# text = A brindle is an animal with such a coat; in stories a cow may have the name Brindle.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brindle	brindle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	9	det:predet	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	Brindle	Brindle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a brindle | a animal |  |  |  | with such coat | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | may | a cow | the name |  | stories |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The brindle dog wagged its striped tail.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brindle:x1:1
# text = The brindle dog wagged its striped tail.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	brindle	brindle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wagged	wag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	striped	striped	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wag** | past | the brindle dog | dog's striped tail |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Brindle is going to lie down.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brindle:x2:1
# text = Brindle is going to lie down.
1	Brindle	brindle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	lie	lie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present · progressive | Brindle |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **lie down** | to-infinitive | Brindle *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The farmer milked the brindle cow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brindle:x3:1
# text = The farmer milked the brindle cow.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	milked	milk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	brindle	brindle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **milk** | past | the farmer | the brindle cow |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Source |

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