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title: bulky — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bulky» in the school dictionary: Large, heavy and awkward in shape or size; hard to carry. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# bulky

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**Who acts:** two bulky men, She, parcel · **What happens:** carry, turn, roll, be · **To what, where:** school, bulky Fenian

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Large, heavy and awkward in shape or size; hard to carry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bulky:m1:1
# text = Large, heavy and awkward in shape or size; hard to carry.
1	Large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	awkward	awkward	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
11	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The two bulky men turned towards the school.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bulky:x1:1
# text = The two bulky men turned towards the school.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	bulky	bulky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | the two bulky men |  |  | the school |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme towards school=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She rolled a bulky Fenian like a wheel.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bulky:x2:1
# text = She rolled a bulky Fenian like a wheel.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rolled	roll	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bulky	bulky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Fenian	Fenian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wheel	wheel	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 | **roll** | past | She | a bulky Fenian |  |  |  | like a wheel | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fenian=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The parcel was too bulky to carry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bulky:x3:1
# text = The parcel was too bulky to carry.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parcel	parcel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	bulky	bulky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the parcel |  |  |  |  | bulky *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** | to-infinitive | the parcel *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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