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title: driftwood — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «driftwood» in the school dictionary: pieces of wood that the sea or a river has carried and left on the shore. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# driftwood

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**Who acts:** We, children, waves · **What happens:** carry, leave, find, build · **To what, where:** pieces, shore, driftwood, fire, sand

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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pieces of wood that the sea or a river has carried and left on the shore.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:driftwood:m1:1
# text = pieces of wood that the sea or a river has carried and left on the shore.
1	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	conj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present · perfect · passive |  | pieces of wood |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary that=Value |
| 2 | **leave** | participle |  |  |  | the shore |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on shore=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We found driftwood along the shore.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:driftwood:x1:1
# text = We found driftwood along the shore.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	driftwood	driftwood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	along	along	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | We | driftwood |  |  |  | along the shore | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent driftwood=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The children built a fire with driftwood.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:driftwood:x2:1
# text = The children built a fire with driftwood.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	driftwood	driftwood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The waves left driftwood on the sand.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:driftwood:x3:1
# text = The waves left driftwood on the sand.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	driftwood	driftwood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **leave** | participle | the waves *not said here* | driftwood |  | the sand |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent driftwood=Theme on sand=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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