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title: bur — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bur» in the school dictionary: A bur is a prickly seed case or head of a plant that sticks to fur, wool and clothes. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# bur

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**Who acts:** bur, plant, dog, I, Thorns · **What happens:** be, stick, come, cover, pull · **To what, where:** prickly seed case, bur, sock, wool

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A bur is a prickly seed case or head of a plant that sticks to fur, wool and clothes.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bur:m1:1
# text = A bur is a prickly seed case or head of a plant that sticks to fur, wool and clothes.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bur	bur	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	prickly	prickly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	sticks	stick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 bur | a prickly seed case or head |  |  |  | of a plant | tree rules |
| 2 | **stick** | present | a plant |  |  |  |  | to fur and wool and clothes | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to fur=Co-Patient |

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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 dog came home covered in burs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bur:x1:1
# text = The dog came home covered in burs.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	burs	bur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	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 | **come** | past | the dog |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **cover** | participle | the dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in burs | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in bur=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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I pulled a bur off my sock.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bur:x2:1
# text = I pulled a bur off my sock.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bur	bur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	sock	sock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | past | I | a bur |  | my sock |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent bur=Theme off sock=Initial\_Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Thorns and burs stuck in the sheep's wool.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bur:x3:1
# text = Thorns and burs stuck in the sheep's wool.
1	Thorns	thorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	burs	bur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick** | participle | Thorns and burs |  |  | the sheep's wool |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in wool=Destination |

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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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