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title: cranny — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «cranny» in the school dictionary: A small crack, gap or hole in a wall or rock where something tiny can hide or shelter. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# cranny

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**Who acts:** something, crab, She · **What happens:** hide, shelter, feel, lose, squeeze · **To what, where:** cranny, mouse

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«cranny» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [cranny in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cranny.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A small crack, gap or hole in a wall or rock where something tiny can hide or shelter.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cranny:m1:1
# text = A small crack, gap or hole in a wall or rock where something tiny can hide or shelter.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	gap	gap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	17	advmod	_	_
14	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	17	nsubj	_	_
15	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
16	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl:relcl	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	shelter	shelter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | can | something |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **shelter** | infinitive | something *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Any tiny hidden corner or secret place.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cranny:m2:1
# text = Any tiny hidden corner or secret place.
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The crab hid in a cranny between the rocks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cranny:x1:1
# text = The crab hid in a cranny between the rocks.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cranny	cranny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	between	between	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **hide** | past | the crab |  |  | a cranny |  | between the rocks | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cranny=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She felt into every cranny for the lost button.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cranny:x2:1
# text = She felt into every cranny for the lost button.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	cranny	cranny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	button	button	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | She |  |  | every cranny |  | for the lost button | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for button=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The mouse squeezed through a cranny in the wall.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cranny:x3:1
# text = The mouse squeezed through a cranny in the wall.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	squeezed	squeeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cranny	cranny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squeeze** | participle |  | the mouse *not said here* |  | a cranny in the wall |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent through cranny=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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