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title: bulrush — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bulrush» in the school dictionary: A tall reed-like water plant with a brown, furry head, growing in marshes and at the edge of ponds. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# bulrush

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**Who acts:** I, He, ducks · **What happens:** grow, seek, be, hide · **To what, where:** marshes, three bulrushes, bulrushes

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A tall reed-like water plant with a brown, furry head, growing in marshes and at the edge of ponds.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bulrush:m1:1
# text = A tall reed-like water plant with a brown, furry head, growing in marshes and at the edge of ponds.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
3	reed	reed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	like	like	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	furry	furry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	parataxis	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	marshes	marsh	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	ponds	pond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | gerund |  |  |  | marshes and the edge of ponds |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in marsh=Location |

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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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I am seeking the three bulrushes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bulrush:x1:1
# text = I am seeking the three bulrushes.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	seeking	seek	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	bulrushes	bulrush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **seek** | present · progressive | I | the three bulrushes |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bulrush=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He was careful of the third bulrush.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bulrush:x2:1
# text = He was careful of the third bulrush.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	bulrush	bulrush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | of the third bulrush; careful *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The ducks hid among the bulrushes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bulrush:x3:1
# text = The ducks hid among the bulrushes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	among	among	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bulrushes	bulrush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | the ducks |  |  | the bulrushes |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among bulrush=Location |

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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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