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title: cherub — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «cherub» in the school dictionary: A cherub is a kind of angel, often shown as a chubby child with small wings. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# cherub

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**Who acts:** cherub, sweet, painting, baby cousin · **What happens:** be, show, mean, cheek, peep out · **To what, where:** kind, young child, cherub, cloud, Little cherubs, chubby cherub · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«cherub» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [cherub in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cherub.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A cherub is a kind of angel, often shown as a chubby child with small wings.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cherub:m1:1
# text = A cherub is a kind of angel, often shown as a chubby child with small wings.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cherub	cherub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	angel	angel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	often	often	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	chubby	chubby	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a cherub | a kind |  |  |  | of angel | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | participle |  | a kind *not said here* |  |  |  | as a chubby child with small wings; often *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A cherub can also mean a sweet, rosy-cheeked young child.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cherub:m2:1
# text = A cherub can also mean a sweet, rosy-cheeked young child.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cherub	cherub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
7	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	rosy	rosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	cheeked	cheek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
12	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can | a cherub |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **cheek** | past | sweet | young child |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The painting shows a cherub on a cloud.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cherub:x1:1
# text = The painting shows a cherub on a cloud.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cherub	cherub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | the painting |  | a cherub | a cloud |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cherub=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Little cherubs peeped out from the clouds.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cherub:x2:1
# text = Little cherubs peeped out from the clouds.
1	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cherubs	cherub	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	peeped	peep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	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 | **peep out** | participle |  | Little cherubs *not said here* |  |  |  | from the clouds | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from cloud=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My baby cousin is a chubby cherub.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cherub:x3:1
# text = My baby cousin is a chubby cherub.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	chubby	chubby	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cherub	cherub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | My baby cousin | a chubby cherub |  |  |  |  | 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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