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title: cockcrow — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «cockcrow» in the school dictionary: Cockcrow is the early morning time when the cock (rooster) first crows, at dawn. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# cockcrow

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**Who acts:** Cockcrow, cock, She, farmer · **What happens:** be, crow, wake, rise, pick up · **To what, where:** early morning time, them, cockcrow, pears

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Cockcrow is the early morning time when the cock (rooster) first crows, at dawn.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cockcrow:m1:1
# text = Cockcrow is the early morning time when the cock (rooster) first crows, at dawn.
1	Cockcrow	cockcrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cock	cock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
10	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	rooster	rooster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	11	punct	_	_
13	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	amod	_	_
14	crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Cockcrow | the early morning time |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **crow** |  | the cock |  |  |  |  |  | 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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She woke them early, at cockcrow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cockcrow:x1:1
# text = She woke them early, at cockcrow.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	woke	wake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cockcrow	cockcrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	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 | **wake** | past | She | them *= they* |  | cockcrow |  | early *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The farmer rose at cockcrow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cockcrow:x2:1
# text = The farmer rose at cockcrow.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cockcrow	cockcrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | past | the farmer |  |  | cockcrow |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at cockcrow=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She picked up pears till cockcrow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cockcrow:x3:1
# text = She picked up pears till cockcrow.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	picked	pick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	pears	pear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	till	till	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cockcrow	cockcrow	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 | **pick up** | past | She | pears |  |  | till cockcrow |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pear=Topic |

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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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