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title: clayey — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «clayey» in the school dictionary: Made of or full of clay, the sticky soil that is wet and hard when dry: clayey soil. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# clayey

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**Who acts:** sticky soil, Swallows, Clayey ground · **What happens:** make, be, stick, dig · **To what, where:** clayey soil, nests, clayey bank, wet weather

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Made of or full of clay, the sticky soil that is wet and hard when dry: clayey soil.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clayey:m1:1
# text = Made of or full of clay, the sticky soil that is wet and hard when dry: clayey soil.
1	Made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	1	obl	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sticky	sticky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	acl:relcl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	_
16	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	17	mark	_	_
17	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
19	clayey	clayey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **is** | present | the sticky soil |  |  |  |  | wet *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | the sticky soil *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 clayey soil stuck to our boots.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clayey:x1:1
# text = The clayey soil stuck to our boots.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	clayey	clayey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick** | participle |  | the clayey soil *not said here* |  |  |  | to our boots | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to boot=Co-Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Swallows dug their nests in the clayey bank.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clayey:x2:1
# text = Swallows dug their nests in the clayey bank.
1	Swallows	swallow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dug	dig	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	nests	nest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	clayey	clayey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bank	bank	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 | **dig** | past | Swallows | Swallows's nests |  | the clayey bank |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent nest=Theme in bank=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Clayey ground is hard to dig in wet weather.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clayey:x3:1
# text = Clayey ground is hard to dig in wet weather.
1	Clayey	clayey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	dig	dig	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Clayey ground |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **dig** | to-infinitive | Clayey ground *not said here* |  |  | wet weather |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in weather=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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