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title: dovecote — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «dovecote» in the school dictionary: A dovecote is a small house or box built high up, where pigeons or doves live and lay their eggs. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# dovecote

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**Who acts:** dovecote, pigeons, Grandad, fox · **What happens:** be, build, live, lay, fly back, creep · **To what, where:** small house, eggs, dovecote, barn wall

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A dovecote is a small house or box built high up, where pigeons or doves live and lay their eggs.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dovecote:m1:1
# text = A dovecote is a small house or box built high up, where pigeons or doves live and lay their eggs.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dovecote	dovecote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
10	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
11	up	up	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	17	advmod	_	_
14	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	doves	dove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
17	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	lay	lay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
20	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a dovecote | a small house or box |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **build** | participle |  | a small house or box *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **live** | present | pigeons or doves |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **lay** | present | pigeons or doves *not said here* | pigeons's eggs |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result |

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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 pigeons flew back to the dovecote at dusk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dovecote:x1:1
# text = The pigeons flew back to the dovecote at dusk.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dovecote	dovecote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly back** | past | the pigeons |  |  |  | dusk | to the dovecote *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to dovecote=Result |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Grandad built a dovecote on the barn wall.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dovecote:x2:1
# text = Grandad built a dovecote on the barn wall.
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	built	build	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	dovecote	dovecote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | Grandad | a dovecote |  | the barn wall |  |  | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dovecote=Theme on wall=Source |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A fox crept round the dovecote looking for a meal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dovecote:x3:1
# text = A fox crept round the dovecote looking for a meal.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	crept	creep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	round	round	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dovecote	dovecote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **creep** | past | a fox |  |  | the dovecote |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round dovecote=Trajectory |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | a fox *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for a meal | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for meal=Theme |

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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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