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title: dinghy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «dinghy» in the school dictionary: A small open boat, rowed with oars or sailed, often used to get from a bigger boat to the shore. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# dinghy

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**Who acts:** you, We, Dad, sailing club, dinghy, many dinghies · **What happens:** row, sail, use, get, blow up, teach · **To what, where:** small open boat, bigger boat, small rubber boat, air, dinghy, harbour

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«dinghy» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: [dinghy in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dinghy.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A small open boat, rowed with oars or sailed, often used to get from a bigger boat to the shore.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dinghy:m1:1
# text = A small open boat, rowed with oars or sailed, often used to get from a bigger boat to the shore.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	rowed	row	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	oars	oar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sailed	sail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	often	often	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	19	amod	_	_
19	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **row** | participle · passive |  | a small open boat |  |  |  | with oars | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: subject=Location |
| 2 | **sail** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **use** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **get** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | a bigger boat |  | to the shore | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from boat=Initial\_Location to shore=Destination |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A small rubber boat that you blow up with air, used for fun or in an emergency (an inflatable dinghy).

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dinghy:m2:1
# text = A small rubber boat that you blow up with air, used for fun or in an emergency (an inflatable dinghy).
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	blow	blow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
19	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	inflatable	inflatable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	dinghy	dinghy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow up** | present | you | a small rubber boat |  |  |  | with air | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent that=Patient |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | air *not said here* |  |  |  | for fun or a emergency | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We rowed the dinghy across the harbour to the yacht.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dinghy:x1:1
# text = We rowed the dinghy across the harbour to the yacht.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rowed	row	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dinghy	dinghy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	across	across	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	harbour	harbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	yacht	yacht	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **row** | past | We | the dinghy |  | the harbour |  | to the yacht | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent dinghy=Theme across harbour=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dad blew up the rubber dinghy on the beach.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dinghy:x2:1
# text = Dad blew up the rubber dinghy on the beach.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	dinghy	dinghy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow up** | past | Dad | the rubber dinghy |  | the beach |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent dinghy=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The sailing club teaches children to sail a dinghy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dinghy:x3:1
# text = The sailing club teaches children to sail a dinghy.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sailing	sailing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	teaches	teach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	sail	sail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dinghy	dinghy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | the sailing club |  | children |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent child=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **sail** | to-infinitive | the sailing club *not said here* | a dinghy |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme dinghy=Trajectory |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A dinghy can hold 4 people; how many dinghies do 12 people need?

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dinghy:x4:1
# text = A dinghy can hold 4 people; how many dinghies do 12 people need?
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dinghy	dinghy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
9	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dinghies	dinghy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | can | a dinghy | 4 people |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | present | many dinghies |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **need** | present | 12 people |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Always wear a life jacket in a dinghy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dinghy:x5:1
# text = Always wear a life jacket in a dinghy.
1	Always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	wear	wear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	jacket	jacket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dinghy	dinghy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | imperative | you *not said here* | a life jacket |  | a dinghy |  | always *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent jacket=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The dinghy tipped over and we got soaking wet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dinghy:x6:1
# text = The dinghy tipped over and we got soaking wet.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dinghy	dinghy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tipped	tip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	soaking	soak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tip over** | past | the dinghy |  |  |  |  | over *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get** | past | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **soak** | gerund | we *not said here* |  |  |  |  | wet *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The big boat towed a little dinghy behind it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dinghy:x7:1
# text = The big boat towed a little dinghy behind it.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	towed	tow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dinghy	dinghy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tow** | past | the big boat | a little dinghy |  | dinghy |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinghy=Theme |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was the pirate dinghy, with three figures in her, Smee and Starkey, and the third a captive, no other than Tiger Lily.

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dinghy:x8:1
# text = It was the pirate dinghy, with three figures in her, Smee and Starkey, and the third a captive, no other than Tiger Lily.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	pirate	pirate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	dinghy	dinghy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	figures	figure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	appos	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	Smee	Smee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	Starkey	Starkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	parataxis	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	captive	captive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	24	det	_	_
24	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
25	than	than	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Tiger	Tiger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
27	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | the pirate dinghy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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