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title: chamois — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «chamois» in the school dictionary: A chamois is a small wild animal like a goat, with short horns, that lives high in mountains. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# chamois

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**Who acts:** chamois, short horns, He, uncle · **What happens:** be, live, crush, see · **To what, where:** small wild animal, mountains, Many, chamois hunter

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A chamois is a small wild animal like a goat, with short horns, that lives high in mountains.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chamois:m1:1
# text = A chamois is a small wild animal like a goat, with short horns, that lives high in mountains.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chamois	chamois	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	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	horns	horn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
18	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	17	advmod	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	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 chamois | a small wild animal |  |  |  | like a goat; with short horns | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present | short horns |  |  | mountains |  | high *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mountain=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Many a chamois have I crushed."

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chamois:x1:1
# text = "Many a chamois have I crushed."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	chamois	chamois	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	crushed	crush	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crush** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive |  | Many |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He saw two chamois high up the mountain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chamois:x2:1
# text = He saw two chamois high up the mountain.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	chamois	chamois	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	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 | **see** | past | He |  |  |  |  | high *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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His uncle was a chamois hunter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chamois:x3:1
# text = His uncle was a chamois hunter.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	chamois	chamois	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | His uncle | a chamois hunter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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