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title: details — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «details» in the school dictionary: Details are the small facts or parts that together make up something bigger. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# details

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**Who acts:** Details, you, your, drawing, owl, three details · **What happens:** be, make up, need, write down, detail, experiment · **To what, where:** small facts, exact information, small careful parts, details, experiment, amazing details

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«details» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [details in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/details.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Details are the small facts or parts that together make up something bigger.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:details:m1:1
# text = Details are the small facts or parts that together make up something bigger.
1	Details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obj	_	_
9	together	together	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	obj	_	_
13	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Details | the small facts or parts |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make up** | present |  | the small facts or parts |  |  |  | together *property* | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Details are the exact information you need, like a name, address or phone number.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:details:m2:1
# text = Details are the exact information you need, like a name, address or phone number.
1	Details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	address	address	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Details | the exact information |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** | present | you | the exact information *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot information=Theme |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Details in a picture are the small, careful parts, like the lines on a leaf.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:details:m3:1
# text = Details in a picture are the small, careful parts, like the lines on a leaf.
1	Details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Details in a picture | the small careful parts and the lines on a leaf |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To detail something is to describe it fully, part by part.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:details:m4:1
# text = To detail something is to describe it fully, part by part.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	detail	detail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	appos	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | detail *obl*; part by part *obl*; describe, fully *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Write down all the details of your experiment.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:details:x1:1
# text = Write down all the details of your experiment.
1	Write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	experiment	experiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write down** | imperative | you *not said here* | all details of your experiment |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent detail=Theme |
| 2 | **detail** |  |  | your experiment |  |  |  |  | nom detail «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **experiment** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom experiment «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her drawing of the owl had amazing details.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:details:x2:1
# text = Her drawing of the owl had amazing details.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	amazing	amazing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Her drawing of the owl | amazing details |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent detail=Patient |
| 2 | **draw** |  | the owl |  |  |  |  |  | nom drawing «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't share your personal details online.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:details:x3:1
# text = Don't share your personal details online.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	share	share	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	online	online	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **share** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | your personal details |  |  |  | online *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **detail** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom detail «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Explain your answer in detail.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:details:x4:1
# text = Explain your answer in detail.
1	Explain	explain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	detail	detail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | your answer |  | detail |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Topic |
| 2 | **answer** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The main idea is supported by three details.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:details:x5:1
# text = The main idea is supported by three details.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	supported	support	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **support** | present · passive | three details | the main idea |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Check the details of the trip with your teacher.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:details:x6:1
# text = Check the details of the trip with your teacher.
1	Check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* | the details of the trip with your teacher |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent detail=Theme |
| 2 | **detail** |  |  | the trip with your teacher |  |  |  |  | nom detail «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some details in the problem are not needed to find the answer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:details:x7:1
# text = Some details in the problem are not needed to find the answer.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **need** | present · passive |  | some details in the problem |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | the answer |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Topic |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some of the details are curious.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:details:x8:1
# text = Some of the details are curious.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	curious	curious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Some |  |  |  |  | curious *property* | tree rules |

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