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title: curvet — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «curvet» in the school dictionary: A horse's leap or prance, with its forelegs raised. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# curvet

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**Who acts:** horse, it, Her · **What happens:** raise, leap, be, curvet, curvete, hear · **To what, where:** forelegs, showy way, horse, field, steed, courtyard

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A horse's leap or prance, with its forelegs raised.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:curvet:m1:1
# text = A horse's leap or prance, with its forelegs raised.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	leap	leap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	prance	prance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	forelegs	foreleg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	appos	_	_
11	raised	raise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | participle |  | prance's forelegs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **leap** |  | a horse |  |  |  |  |  | nom leap «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 curvet is to leap or prance about like a horse, in a showy way. (old use, riding term).

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*Sentence 1:* To curvet is to leap or prance about like a horse, in a showy way.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:curvet:m2:1
# text = To curvet is to leap or prance about like a horse, in a showy way.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	curvet	curvet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	leap	leap	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	prance	prance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	about	about	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	showy	showy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | a showy way |  | leap *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 2:* (old use, riding term).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:curvet:m2:2
# text = (old use, riding term).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	riding	riding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The horse curvetted across the field.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:curvet:x1:1
# text = The horse curvetted across the field.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	curvetted	curvet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	across	across	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curvet** | participle |  | the horse *not said here* |  | the field |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The knight's steed curveted in the courtyard.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:curvet:x2:1
# text = The knight's steed curveted in the courtyard.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	steed	steed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	curveted	curvete	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curvete** | participle |  | the knight's steed *not said here* |  | the courtyard |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Her pony curvets when it hears the music.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:curvet:x3:1
# text = Her pony curvets when it hears the music.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	pony	pony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	curvets	curvet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present | it | the music |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer music=Stimulus |
| 2 | **curvet** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom curvet «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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