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title: craggy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «craggy» in the school dictionary: Rough and steep, with many sharp rocks sticking out; a craggy hill or cliff. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# craggy

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**Who acts:** many sharp rocks, They, craggy cliff · **What happens:** stick out, climb, overlook, line · **To what, where:** craggy mountain, sea, craggy face

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Rough and steep, with many sharp rocks sticking out; a craggy hill or cliff.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:craggy:m1:1
# text = Rough and steep, with many sharp rocks sticking out; a craggy hill or cliff.
1	Rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	sticking	stick	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	craggy	craggy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick out** | gerund | many sharp rocks  a craggy hill or cliff *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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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They climbed the craggy mountain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:craggy:x1:1
# text = They climbed the craggy mountain.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	craggy	craggy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

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A craggy cliff overlooked the sea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:craggy:x2:1
# text = A craggy cliff overlooked the sea.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	craggy	craggy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	overlooked	overlook	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overlook** | past | a craggy cliff | the sea |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The giant's craggy face was lined with rock.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:craggy:x3:1
# text = The giant's craggy face was lined with rock.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	craggy	craggy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	lined	line	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **line** | past · passive |  | the giant's craggy face |  |  |  | with rock | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with rock=Theme |

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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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