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title: crud — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «crud» in the school dictionary: Crud is dirt, grime or a sticky mess. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# crud

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**Who acts:** He, sink · **What happens:** be, make, beg, give · **To what, where:** Crud dirt, Crud curd, sour milk, cheese, bit, half

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

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Crud is dirt, grime or a sticky mess.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crud:m1:1
# text = Crud is dirt, grime or a sticky mess.
1	Crud	crud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	grime	grime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	sticky	sticky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	mess	mess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Crud dirt and grime or a sticky mess |  |  |  |  | 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: old use, dialect — kept apart, not parsed.

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Crud is curd, the thick soft part of sour milk that is made into cheese.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crud:m2:1
# text = Crud is curd, the thick soft part of sour milk that is made into cheese.
1	Crud	crud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	curd	curd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	sour	sour	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Crud curd |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present · passive |  | sour milk |  | cheese |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into cheese=Product |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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He begged a bit of cheese crud.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crud:x1:1
# text = He begged a bit of cheese crud.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	crud	crud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | He | a bit of cheese crud |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent bit=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The sink was full of greasy crud.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crud:x2:1
# text = The sink was full of greasy crud.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sink	sink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	greasy	greasy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	crud	crud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the sink |  |  |  |  | of greasy crud; full *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He gave half of the crud to the bull-calf.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crud:x3:1
# text = He gave half of the crud to the bull-calf.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crud	crud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | He | half of the crud | the bull calf |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent half=Theme to calf=Recipient |

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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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