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title: buzzard — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «buzzard» in the school dictionary: A buzzard is a large bird of prey with broad wings that circles high in the sky and hunts small animals. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# buzzard

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**Who acts:** buzzard, We · **What happens:** be, hunt, circle, let out, see, sit · **To what, where:** large bird, small animals, buzzard, field, loud cry, fence post

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A buzzard is a large bird of prey with broad wings that circles high in the sky and hunts small animals.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:buzzard:m1:1
# text = A buzzard is a large bird of prey with broad wings that circles high in the sky and hunts small animals.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	buzzard	buzzard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	prey	prey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	broad	broad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
13	circles	circle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	hunts	hunt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
20	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a buzzard | a large bird |  |  |  | of prey; with broad wings | tree rules |
| 2 | **hunt** | present | a buzzard *not said here* | small animals |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=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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A buzzard circled over the field.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:buzzard:x1:1
# text = A buzzard circled over the field.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	buzzard	buzzard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	circled	circle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **circle** | participle |  | a buzzard *not said here* |  | the field |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The buzzard let out a loud cry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:buzzard:x2:1
# text = The buzzard let out a loud cry.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	buzzard	buzzard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cry	cry	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 | **let out** | infinitive | the buzzard | a loud cry |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cry=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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We saw a buzzard sitting on a fence post.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:buzzard:x3:1
# text = We saw a buzzard sitting on a fence post.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	buzzard	buzzard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | We | a buzzard |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer buzzard=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sit** | gerund | a buzzard *not said here* |  |  | a fence post |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on post=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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