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title: bulgy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bulgy» in the school dictionary: Swelling out in round lumps; bulging. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# bulgy

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**Who acts:** Swelling, frog, school bag, alien, pockets, goldfish · **What happens:** swell out, bulge, stare, be, have · **To what, where:** bulgy green head, bulgy eyes

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«bulgy» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: [bulgy in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bulgy.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Swelling out in round lumps; bulging.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bulgy:m1:1
# text = Swelling out in round lumps; bulging.
1	Swelling	swell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lumps	lump	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	bulging	bulge	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swell out** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in round lumps | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in lump=Attribute |
| 2 | **bulge** | gerund | Swelling |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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The frog stared at me with bulgy eyes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bulgy:x1:1
# text = The frog stared at me with bulgy eyes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stared	stare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	bulgy	bulgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stare** | past | the frog |  |  |  |  | at me; with bulgy eyes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at i=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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My school bag is all bulgy with books.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bulgy:x2:1
# text = My school bag is all bulgy with books.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	bulgy	bulgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | My school bag |  |  |  |  | with books; all, bulgy *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The alien had a bulgy green head.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bulgy:x3:1
# text = The alien had a bulgy green head.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	alien	alien	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	bulgy	bulgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the alien | a bulgy green head |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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His pockets were bulgy with conkers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bulgy:x4:1
# text = His pockets were bulgy with conkers.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	pockets	pocket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	bulgy	bulgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	conkers	conker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | His pockets |  |  |  |  | with conkers; bulgy *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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The goldfish has bulgy eyes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bulgy:x5:1
# text = The goldfish has bulgy eyes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	bulgy	bulgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the goldfish | bulgy eyes |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=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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