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title: dumpy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «dumpy» in the school dictionary: Dumpy means short and thick, round and squat in shape. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# dumpy

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**Who acts:** Dumpy, dumpy little man, dumpy jug, dumpy hen · **What happens:** mean, squat, waddle, stand, sit · **To what, where:** shape, hall, shelf, eggs

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Dumpy means short and thick, round and squat in shape.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dumpy:m1:1
# text = Dumpy means short and thick, round and squat in shape.
1	Dumpy	dumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	round	round	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	squat	squat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Dumpy |  |  |  |  | short *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **squat** | present |  |  |  | shape |  | round *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in shape=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}

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The dumpy little man waddled into the hall.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dumpy:x1:1
# text = The dumpy little man waddled into the hall.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	dumpy	dumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	waddled	waddle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

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A dumpy jug stood on the shelf.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dumpy:x2:1
# text = A dumpy jug stood on the shelf.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dumpy	dumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	jug	jug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shelf	shelf	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 | **stand** | past | a dumpy jug |  |  | the shelf |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on shelf=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The dumpy hen sat on her eggs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dumpy:x3:1
# text = The dumpy hen sat on her eggs.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dumpy	dumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **sit** | past | the dumpy hen |  |  | hen's eggs |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on egg=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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