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title: ducky — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ducky» in the school dictionary: A ducky is a little duck, a word children use. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ducky

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**Who acts:** ducky, children, grown up, Ducky daddles · **What happens:** be, use, grow, call, waddle, swim · **To what, where:** little duck, word, dear child, pond, old woman, child · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A ducky is a little duck, a word children use.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ducky:m1:1
# text = A ducky is a little duck, a word children use.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ducky	ducky	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	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
10	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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 ducky | a little duck |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | present | children | a word *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=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: casual — kept apart, not parsed.

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A grown-up may call a dear child «ducky» as a fond name.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ducky:m2:1
# text = A grown-up may call a dear child «ducky» as a fond name.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	ducky	ducky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	fond	fond	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **call** | may | a grown up |  | a dear child |  |  | as a fond name | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ducky-daddles waddled to the pond.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ducky:x1:1
# text = Ducky-daddles waddled to the pond.
1	Ducky	ducky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	daddles	daddle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	waddled	waddle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **waddle** | past | Ducky daddles |  |  | the pond |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to pond=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The old woman called the child her little ducky.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ducky:x2:1
# text = The old woman called the child her little ducky.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ducky	ducky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | participle |  | the old woman *not said here* | the child |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The ducky swam in a circle round the pond.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ducky:x3:1
# text = The ducky swam in a circle round the pond.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ducky	ducky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	swam	swim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	circle	circle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	round	round	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | past | the ducky |  |  | a circle round the pond |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in circle=Trajectory |

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