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title: clamber — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «clamber» in the school dictionary: To climb up or over something using hands and feet, often with effort or clumsily: clamber up a wall, over rocks. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# clamber

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**Who acts:** cat, We, She · **What happens:** climb up, use, clamber up, clamber · **To what, where:** hands, wall, rocks, tree, stool

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To climb up or over something using hands and feet, often with effort or clumsily: clamber up a wall, over rocks.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clamber:m1:1
# text = To climb up or over something using hands and feet, often with effort or clumsily: clamber up a wall, over rocks.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	climb	climb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	conj	_	_
7	using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	often	often	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	clumsily	clumsily	ADV	RB	_	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
18	clamber	clamber	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
19	up	up	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	over	over	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb up** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with effort | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **use** | gerund |  | hands and feet |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |
| 3 | **clamber up** | infinitive |  | a wall |  | rocks |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location wall=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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The cat clambered up the tree.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clamber:x1:1
# text = The cat clambered up the tree.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	clambered	clamber	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clamber up** | past | the cat | the tree |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We clambered over the rocks to the beach.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clamber:x2:1
# text = We clambered over the rocks to the beach.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	clambered	clamber	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	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 | **clamber** | past | We |  |  | the rocks |  | to the beach | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to beach=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She clambered slowly off the stool.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clamber:x3:1
# text = She clambered slowly off the stool.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	clambered	clamber	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stool	stool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	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 | **clamber** | past | She |  |  | the stool |  | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme off stool=Trajectory |

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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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