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title: dyke — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «dyke» in the school dictionary: A dyke is a bank of earth built up to keep water back. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# dyke

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**Who acts:** dyke, ditch, old woman, Cattle, farmers · **What happens:** be, build up, keep back, carry, live, graze · **To what, where:** bank, earth, water, ditch, fields, house

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A dyke is a bank of earth built up to keep water back.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dyke:m1:1
# text = A dyke is a bank of earth built up to keep water back.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dyke	dyke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
12	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a dyke | a bank |  |  |  | of earth | tree rules |
| 2 | **build up** | participle |  | earth *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **keep back** | to-infinitive |  | water |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |

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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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A dyke can also be a ditch that carries water across fields.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dyke:m2:1
# text = A dyke can also be a ditch that carries water across fields.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dyke	dyke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ditch	ditch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	across	across	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | a dyke | a ditch |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** | present | a ditch | water |  | fields |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The old woman lived in a house on the dyke.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dyke:x1:1
# text = The old woman lived in a house on the dyke.
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	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dyke	dyke	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 | **live** | past | the old woman |  |  | a house |  | on the dyke | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Cattle grazed in the fields beside the dykes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dyke:x2:1
# text = Cattle grazed in the fields beside the dykes.
1	Cattle	cattle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grazed	graze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dykes	dyke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **graze** | past | Cattle |  |  | the fields |  | beside the dykes | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The farmers repaired the dyke after the flood.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dyke:x3:1
# text = The farmers repaired the dyke after the flood.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	repaired	repair	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dyke	dyke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repair** | past | the farmers | the dyke |  |  | after the flood |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dyke=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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