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title: currycomb — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «currycomb» in the school dictionary: A metal comb with rows of teeth, used to clean and brush a horse's coat. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# currycomb

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**Who acts:** groom, you, He, mare · **What happens:** use, clean, brush, currycomb, be, shine · **To what, where:** teeth, coat, horse, currycomb, mare

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A metal comb with rows of teeth, used to clean and brush a horse's coat.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:currycomb:m1:1
# text = A metal comb with rows of teeth, used to clean and brush a horse's coat.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	comb	comb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rows	row	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	clean	clean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	brush	brush	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | teeth *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **clean** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **brush** | infinitive |  | a horse's coat |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coat=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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To currycomb a horse is to brush it with such a comb.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:currycomb:m2:1
# text = To currycomb a horse is to brush it with such a comb.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	currycomb	currycomb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	brush	brush	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	12	det:predet	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	comb	comb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **currycomb** | to-infinitive |  | a horse |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with such comb; brush *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The groom used a currycomb on the pony.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:currycomb:x1:1
# text = The groom used a currycomb on the pony.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	groom	groom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	currycomb	currycomb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pony	pony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | the groom | a currycomb |  |  |  | on the pony | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent currycomb=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Brush the horse with the currycomb, then with a soft brush.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:currycomb:x2:1
# text = Brush the horse with the currycomb, then with a soft brush.
1	Brush	brush	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	currycomb	currycomb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	brush	brush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brush** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the horse |  |  | with the currycomb; with a soft brush | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent horse=Destination with currycomb=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He currycombed the mare until she shone.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:currycomb:x3:1
# text = He currycombed the mare until she shone.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	currycombed	currycomb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mare	mare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	shone	shine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **currycomb** | past | He | the mare |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **shine** | past | mare |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

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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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