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title: earthy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «earthy» in the school dictionary: Earthy means made of or tasting of soil, dirt or the ground. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# earthy

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**Who acts:** Earthy, carrots, They, soup, jokes, Her · **What happens:** mean, make, taste, not fancy, have, dig · **To what, where:** soil, plain, earthy taste, hole, earthy bed · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«earthy» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: [earthy in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/earthy.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Earthy means made of or tasting of soil, dirt or the ground.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:earthy:m1:1
# text = Earthy means made of or tasting of soil, dirt or the ground.
1	Earthy	earthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	tasting	tasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Earthy |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | of tasting of soil and dirt or the ground | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **taste** |  |  | soil |  |  |  |  | nom tasting «cognition transitive»: of=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Earthy also means plain, rough and close to nature, not fancy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:earthy:m2:1
# text = Earthy also means plain, rough and close to nature, not fancy.
1	Earthy	earthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
2	also	also	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	fancy	fancy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Earthy | plain |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plain=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **fancy** | infinitive | Earthy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The carrots had an earthy taste.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:earthy:x1:1
# text = The carrots had an earthy taste.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	earthy	earthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the carrots | a earthy taste |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taste=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They dug a hole in the earthy bed of the river.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:earthy:x2:1
# text = They dug a hole in the earthy bed of the river.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dug	dig	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	earthy	earthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | past | They | a hole |  | the earthy bed of the river |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hole=Theme in bed=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The soup was thick and earthy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:earthy:x3:1
# text = The soup was thick and earthy.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	earthy	earthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the soup |  |  |  |  | thick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the soup *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her jokes were earthy but kind.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:earthy:x4:1
# text = Her jokes were earthy but kind.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	earthy	earthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Her jokes |  |  |  |  | earthy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Her jokes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **joke** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom joke «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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