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title: daw — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «daw» in the school dictionary: A daw is a small black bird of the crow family, a jackdaw; the word is old use and mostly found in country speech and old stories. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# daw

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**Who acts:** daw, word, daws, Crows, We · **What happens:** be, find, nest, scream, see · **To what, where:** small black bird, old use, country speech, old church tower, garden, daw

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A daw is a small black bird of the crow family, a jackdaw; the word is old use and mostly found in country speech and old stories.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:daw:m1:1
# text = A daw is a small black bird of the crow family, a jackdaw; the word is old use and mostly found in country speech and old stories.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	daw	daw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	jackdaw	jackdaw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	conj	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	_
26	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a daw | a small black bird and old use |  |  |  | of the crow family and a jackdaw | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the word | old use |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **find** | participle | the word *not said here* |  |  | country speech and old stories |  | mostly *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The daws nested in the old church tower.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:daw:x1:1
# text = The daws nested in the old church tower.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	daws	daw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	nested	nest	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	tower	tower	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 | **nest** | past | the daws |  |  | the old church tower |  |  | vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Crows and daws screamed over the garden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:daw:x2:1
# text = Crows and daws screamed over the garden.
1	Crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	daws	daw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	screamed	scream	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	garden	garden	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 | **scream** *speech: express* | past | Crows and daws |  |  | the garden |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over garden=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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We saw a daw on the roof.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:daw:x3:1
# text = We saw a daw on the roof.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	daw	daw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | We | a daw |  | the roof |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daw=Stimulus |

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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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