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title: cubit — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «cubit» in the school dictionary: A cubit is an old unit of length, the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, about 45 cm. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# cubit

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**Who acts:** cubit, fish, horn, They · **What happens:** be, clear · **To what, where:** old unit, cubit, one cubit

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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A cubit is an old unit of length, the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, about 45 cm.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cubit:m1:1
# text = A cubit is an old unit of length, the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, about 45 cm.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cubit	cubit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	unit	unit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	elbow	elbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	tip	tip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	middle	middle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	about	about	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	45	45	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	25	nummod	_	_
25	cm	cm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a cubit | a old unit and the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger and 45 cm |  |  |  | of length | 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}

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The fish was only a cubit long.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cubit:x1:1
# text = The fish was only a cubit long.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cubit	cubit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the fish | a cubit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The horn is about a cubit long.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cubit:x2:1
# text = The horn is about a cubit long.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cubit	cubit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the horn |  |  |  |  | about a cubit | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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They have cleared only one cubit of the granary.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cubit:x3:1
# text = They have cleared only one cubit of the granary.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	cleared	clear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	cubit	cubit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	granary	granary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clear** | present · perfect | They | one cubit of the granary |  |  |  |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source |

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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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