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title: brogue — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «brogue» in the school dictionary: A brogue is a strong leather shoe with small holes punched in its pattern. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# brogue

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**Who acts:** brogue, people, He, old words, name · **What happens:** be, punch, pattern, speak, polish, make · **To what, where:** strong leather shoe, small holes, pattern, strong accent, way, parts · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A brogue is a strong leather shoe with small holes punched in its pattern.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brogue:m1:1
# text = A brogue is a strong leather shoe with small holes punched in its pattern.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brogue	brogue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	punched	punch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	pattern	pattern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a brogue | a strong leather shoe |  |  |  | with small holes | tree rules |
| 2 | **punch** | participle |  | small holes *not said here* |  | brogue's pattern |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **pattern** |  | brogue |  |  |  |  |  | nom pattern «cognition intransitive»: poss=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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A brogue is a strong accent, the way people speak in parts of Ireland or Scotland.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brogue:m2:1
# text = A brogue is a strong accent, the way people speak in parts of Ireland or Scotland.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brogue	brogue	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	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	accent	accent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	speak	speak	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 brogue | a strong accent |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | people | the way *not said here* |  | parts of Ireland or Scotland |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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He polished his brown brogues before the dance.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brogue:x1:1
# text = He polished his brown brogues before the dance.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	polished	polish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	brogues	brogue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dance	dance	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 | **polish** | past | He | his brown brogues |  |  | before the dance |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent brogue=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her brogue made the old words sound lovely.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brogue:x2:1
# text = Her brogue made the old words sound lovely.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brogue	brogue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	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	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sound	sound	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Her brogue |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sound** | present | the old words |  |  |  |  | lovely *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The name of the sprite comes from an old Irish word for a shoe.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brogue:x3:1
# text = The name of the sprite comes from an old Irish word for a shoe.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sprite	sprite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | the name of the sprite |  |  | a old Irish word for a shoe |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from word=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **name** |  |  | the sprite |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=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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