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title: dapple — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «dapple» in the school dictionary: A pattern of spots or patches of light and shade, as under trees. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# dapple

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**Who acts:** spots, He, Sunlight · **What happens:** pattern, mark, skill, observe, ride, dapple · **To what, where:** something, eyes, dapple, forest floor

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«dapple» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: [dapple in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dapple.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A pattern of spots or patches of light and shade, as under trees.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dapple:m1:1
# text = A pattern of spots or patches of light and shade, as under trees.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pattern	pattern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	patches	patch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	shade	shade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	under	under	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pattern** |  | spots or patches of light and shade |  |  |  |  |  | nom pattern «cognition intransitive»: of=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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Usage: of a horse — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grey with darker round spots, as in «dapple grey».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dapple:m2:1
# text = Grey with darker round spots, as in «dapple grey».
1	Grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	darker	dark	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
4	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	dapple	dapple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To mark something with spots or patches.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dapple:m3:1
# text = To mark something with spots or patches.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	mark	mark	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	patches	patch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mark** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  | with spots or patches | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent something=Destination with spot=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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His eyes were skilled to observe the dusk and dapple of green woods.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dapple:x1:1
# text = His eyes were skilled to observe the dusk and dapple of green woods.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	skilled	skill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	observe	observe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	dapple	dapple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **skill** | past · passive |  | His eyes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **observe** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | dusk |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He rode a dapple grey horse.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dapple:x2:1
# text = He rode a dapple grey horse.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rode	ride	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	dapple	dapple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | He | a dapple |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sunlight dappled the forest floor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dapple:x3:1
# text = Sunlight dappled the forest floor.
1	Sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dappled	dapple	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dapple** | past | Sunlight | the forest floor |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme floor=Destination |

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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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