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title: coracle — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «coracle» in the school dictionary: A coracle is a small, round boat made of a frame covered with skin or cloth, used on rivers. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# coracle

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**Who acts:** coracle, He, children · **What happens:** be, make, cover, use, paddle, play · **To what, where:** small round boat, frame, rivers, coracle, river, beach

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A coracle is a small, round boat made of a frame covered with skin or cloth, used on rivers.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:coracle:m1:1
# text = A coracle is a small, round boat made of a frame covered with skin or cloth, used on rivers.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coracle	coracle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	frame	frame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
20	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a coracle | a small round boat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | a small round boat *not said here* |  |  |  | of a frame | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **cover** | participle |  | a frame *not said here* |  |  |  | with skin or cloth | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with skin=Theme |
| 4 | **use** | participle |  | a small round boat *not said here* |  | rivers |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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He paddled his coracle across the river.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:coracle:x1:1
# text = He paddled his coracle across the river.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	paddled	paddle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	coracle	coracle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	across	across	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	river	river	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 | **paddle** | past | He | his coracle |  | the river |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent coracle=Theme across river=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The children played with their coracles on the beach.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:coracle:x2:1
# text = The children played with their coracles on the beach.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	coracles	coracle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | the children |  |  | the beach |  | with children's coracles | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with coracle=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A coracle drifted slowly to the shore.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:coracle:x3:1
# text = A coracle drifted slowly to the shore.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coracle	coracle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drifted	drift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **drift** | past | a coracle |  |  | the shore |  | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to shore=Destination |

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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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