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title: drubbing — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «drubbing» in the school dictionary: A drubbing is a hard beating, given as a punishment or in a fight. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# drubbing

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**Who acts:** drubbing, naughty boy, cat, losing team · **What happens:** be, give, mean, crush, get, lose · **To what, where:** hard beating, crushing defeat, drubbing, sound drubbing, fox, terrible drubbing

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A drubbing is a hard beating, given as a punishment or in a fight.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:drubbing:m1:1
# text = A drubbing is a hard beating, given as a punishment or in a fight.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	drubbing	drubbing	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	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	beating	beating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 drubbing | a hard beating |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  | a hard beating *not said here* |  |  |  | as a punishment or a fight | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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A drubbing can mean a crushing defeat in a contest.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:drubbing:m2:1
# text = A drubbing can mean a crushing defeat in a contest.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	drubbing	drubbing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	crushing	crush	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	defeat	defeat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can | a drubbing | a crushing defeat |  |  |  | in a contest | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot defeat=Theme in contest=Attribute |
| 2 | **crush** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The naughty boy got a drubbing from his angry father.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:drubbing:x1:1
# text = The naughty boy got a drubbing from his angry father.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	naughty	naughty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	drubbing	drubbing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the naughty boy | a drubbing |  |  |  | from boy's angry father | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent drubbing=Theme from father=Source |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The cat gave the fox a sound drubbing.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:drubbing:x2:1
# text = The cat gave the fox a sound drubbing.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	drubbing	drubbing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the cat | a sound drubbing | the fox |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent fox=Recipient drubbing=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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After the match, the losing team had a terrible drubbing.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:drubbing:x3:1
# text = After the match, the losing team had a terrible drubbing.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	losing	lose	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	drubbing	drubbing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | past | the losing team | a terrible drubbing |  |  | after the match |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drubbing=Patient |

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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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