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title: eddy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «eddy» in the school dictionary: An eddy is a small whirlpool, where water goes round and round against the main flow. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# eddy

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**Who acts:** eddy, water, little eddy · **What happens:** be, go, spin, eddy, carry · **To what, where:** small whirlpool, main flow, circles, Leaves, eddy, water

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An eddy is a small whirlpool, where water goes round and round against the main flow.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:eddy:m1:1
# text = An eddy is a small whirlpool, where water goes round and round against the main flow.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eddy	eddy	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	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	whirlpool	whirlpool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
11	round	round	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	round	round	ADV	RB	_	11	conj	_	_
14	against	against	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	flow	flow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 eddy | a small whirlpool |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | present | water |  |  | the main flow |  | round *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme against flow=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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To eddy is to swirl round in circles.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:eddy:m2:1
# text = To eddy is to swirl round in circles.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	eddy	eddy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	swirl	swirl	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	round	round	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	circles	circle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **is** | present |  |  |  | circles |  | round, swirl *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Leaves spun in an eddy by the bridge.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:eddy:x1:1
# text = Leaves spun in an eddy by the bridge.
1	Leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	spun	spin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	eddy	eddy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | participle |  | Leaves *not said here* |  | a eddy |  | by the bridge | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme in eddy=Source by bridge=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The water eddied around the rock.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:eddy:x2:1
# text = The water eddied around the rock.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	eddied	eddy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	around	around	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eddy** | participle |  | the water *not said here* |  | the rock |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around rock=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A little eddy carried the boat round in a circle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:eddy:x3:1
# text = A little eddy carried the boat round in a circle.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	eddy	eddy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	round	round	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	circle	circle	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 | **carry** | past | a little eddy | the boat |  | a circle |  | round *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent boat=Value in circle=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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