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title: ebbing — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ebbing» in the school dictionary: Ebbing means going back out, getting less. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ebbing

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**Who acts:** ebbing tide, sea, fear, Her · **What happens:** ebb, mean, go back, get, be, go out · **To what, where:** less, sea, shore, shells, beach, boat

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Ebbing means going back out, getting less.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ebbing:m1:1
# text = Ebbing means going back out, getting less.
1	Ebbing	ebb	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	conj	_	_
8	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ebb** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **go back** *not said to happen* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **get** | gerund |  | less |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer less=Stimulus |

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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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An ebbing tide is a sea going out from the shore.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ebbing:m2:1
# text = An ebbing tide is a sea going out from the shore.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ebbing	ebbing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	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 ebbing tide | a sea |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go out** | gerund | a sea *not said here* |  |  | the shore |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The ebbing tide left shells on the beach.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ebbing:x1:1
# text = The ebbing tide left shells on the beach.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ebbing	ebbing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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 | **leave** | participle | the ebbing tide *not said here* | shells |  | the beach |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent shell=Theme on beach=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Her fear was ebbing away.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ebbing:x2:1
# text = Her fear was ebbing away.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	ebbing	ebb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ebb away** | past · progressive | Her fear |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **fear** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The boat floated on the ebbing sea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ebbing:x3:1
# text = The boat floated on the ebbing sea.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	floated	float	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	ebbing	ebb	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | participle |  | the boat *not said here* |  | the ebbing sea |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sea=Trajectory |
| 2 | **ebb** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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