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title: colt — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «colt» in the school dictionary: A colt is a young male horse, especially one under four years old. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# colt

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**Who acts:** colt, We, colts · **What happens:** be, run, kick up, watch, gallop · **To what, where:** young male horse, field, heels, meadow

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A colt is a young male horse, especially one under four years old.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:colt:m1:1
# text = A colt is a young male horse, especially one under four years old.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	colt	colt	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	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	male	male	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
11	under	under	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nmod	_	_
13	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 colt | a young male horse |  |  |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The colt ran across the field.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:colt:x1:1
# text = The colt ran across the field.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	colt	colt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	across	across	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | the colt |  |  | the field |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across field=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The farmer's colt kicked up its heels.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:colt:x2:1
# text = The farmer's colt kicked up its heels.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	colt	colt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	heels	heel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick up** | past | the farmer's colt | colt's heels |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent heel=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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We watched the colts gallop through the meadow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:colt:x3:1
# text = We watched the colts gallop through the meadow.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	colts	colt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gallop	gallop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	meadow	meadow	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 | **watch** | past | We |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **gallop** | present | the colts |  |  | the meadow |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through meadow=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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