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title: dregs — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «dregs» in the school dictionary: the last thick bits left at the bottom of a drink. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# dregs

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**Who acts:** you, He · **What happens:** leave, drink, drain · **To what, where:** last thick bits, bottom, juice, dregs, cup, bottle

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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the last thick bits left at the bottom of a drink.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dregs:m1:1
# text = the last thick bits left at the bottom of a drink.
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | participle |  | the last thick bits *not said here* |  | the bottom of a drink |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at bottom=Location |

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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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the lowest or worst part of something.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dregs:m2:1
# text = the lowest or worst part of something.
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	lowest	low	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	worst	bad	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Drink the juice but leave the dregs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dregs:x1:1
# text = Drink the juice but leave the dregs.
1	Drink	drink	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dregs	dreg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | imperative | you *not said here* | the juice |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent juice=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** | present | you *not said here* | the dregs |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dreg=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He drained the cup right down to the dregs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dregs:x2:1
# text = He drained the cup right down to the dregs.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drained	drain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	right	right	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dregs	dreg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drain** | past | He | the cup |  |  |  | down *property* | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent cup=Source |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Only the dregs of the wine were left in the bottle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dregs:x3:1
# text = Only the dregs of the wine were left in the bottle.
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dregs	dreg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past · passive |  | the dregs of the wine |  | the bottle |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in bottle=Location |

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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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