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title: bruin — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bruin» in the school dictionary: A bear. In old stories «Bruin» is a name for a bear, as in fairy tales (old use). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# bruin

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**Who acts:** old stories, thrust, hunters · **What happens:** be, pad, fear · **To what, where:** name, door thrust, Bruin, bear, cottage, old tale

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A bear. In old stories «Bruin» is a name for a bear, as in fairy tales (old use).

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*Sentence 1:* A bear.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bruin:m1:1
# text = A bear.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* In old stories «Bruin» is a name for a bear, as in fairy tales (old use).

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bruin:m1:2
# text = In old stories «Bruin» is a name for a bear, as in fairy tales (old use).
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Bruin	Bruin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
18	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | old stories | a name and fairy tales |  |  |  | for a bear | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The door was thrust open: it was Bruin, the great, shaggy Bruin!

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bruin:x1:1
# text = The door was thrust open: it was Bruin, the great, shaggy Bruin!
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	thrust	thrust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	Bruin	Bruin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
12	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	shaggy	shaggy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	Bruin	Bruin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | door thrust |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | thrust | Bruin and the great shaggy Bruin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Bruin the bear padded into the cottage.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bruin:x2:1
# text = Bruin the bear padded into the cottage.
1	Bruin	Bruin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
4	padded	pad	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	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pad** | participle |  | the bear *not said here* |  | the cottage |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into cottage=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the old tale the hunters fear Bruin.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bruin:x3:1
# text = In the old tale the hunters fear Bruin.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	fear	fear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	Bruin	Bruin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | present | the hunters | Bruin |  | the old tale |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bruin=Stimulus |

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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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