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title: cark — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «cark» in the school dictionary: To cark it means to die. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# cark

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**Who acts:** it, Cark, this, old dog, phone, car · **What happens:** cark, mean, die, break down, stop, work · **To what, where:** it, worry, cares, battery, lawnmower, middle · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«cark» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: [cark in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cark.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: slang, Australia/New Zealand — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To cark it means to die.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cark:m1:1
# text = To cark it means to die.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cark	cark	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	csubj	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cark** | to-infinitive |  | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **die** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"the old dog finally carked it".

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cark:m1e:1
# text = "the old dog finally carked it".
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	carked	cark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cark** *in a quote* | past | the old dog | it |  |  |  | finally *property* | tree rules |

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: slang, Australia/New Zealand — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To cark it can also mean to break down or stop working.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cark:m2:1
# text = To cark it can also mean to break down or stop working.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cark	cark	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	csubj	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	also	also	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
12	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cark** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | can | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **break down** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **stop** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 5 | **work** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .note -->
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"my phone carked it".

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cark:m2e:1
# text = "my phone carked it".
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	carked	cark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cark** *in a quote* | past | my phone | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: old, literary — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cark meant worry or care, as in "carking cares"; this is very rare now.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cark:m3:1
# text = Cark meant worry or care, as in "carking cares"; this is very rare now.
1	Cark	Cark	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	meant	mean	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	carking	cark	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	ccomp	_	_
11	cares	care	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
14	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	very	very	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
18	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | past | Cark | worry or care |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cark** *in a quote* | gerund |  | cares |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | this |  |  |  | now | rare *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The car carked it halfway up the hill.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cark:x1:1
# text = The car carked it halfway up the hill.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carked	cark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	halfway	halfway	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cark** | past | the car | it |  |  |  | up the hill; halfway *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My goldfish carked it last week.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cark:x2:1
# text = My goldfish carked it last week.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carked	cark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cark** | past | My goldfish | it |  |  | week |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The laptop carked it right before my project was due.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cark:x3:1
# text = The laptop carked it right before my project was due.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	laptop	laptop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carked	cark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	right	right	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	project	project	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	due	due	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cark** | past | the laptop | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | my project |  |  |  |  | due, right *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **project** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom project «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Is the battery flat?" "Yep, carked it."

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* "Is the battery flat?" "

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cark:x4:1
# text = "Is the battery flat?" "
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	battery	battery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the battery |  |  |  |  | flat *property* | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* Yep, carked it."

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cark:x4:2
# text = Yep, carked it."
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	carked	cark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cark** | past |  | battery |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandpa says his old lawnmower is about to cark it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cark:x5:1
# text = Grandpa says his old lawnmower is about to cark it.
1	Grandpa	Grandpa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lawnmower	lawnmower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	about	about	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	cark	cark	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Grandpa |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Grandpa's old lawnmower |  |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **cark** | to-infinitive | Grandpa's old lawnmower *not said here* | lawnmower |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The heater carked it in the middle of winter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cark:x6:1
# text = The heater carked it in the middle of winter.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	heater	heater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carked	cark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cark** | past | the heater | it |  | the middle of winter |  |  | tree rules |

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