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title: faggot — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «faggot» in the school dictionary: A faggot is a bundle of sticks tied together for burning. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# faggot

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**Who acts:** faggot, woodcutter, children, I · **What happens:** be, tie, burn, carry, gather, make · **To what, where:** bundle, sticks, faggot, back

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A faggot is a bundle of sticks tied together for burning.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faggot:m1:1
# text = A faggot is a bundle of sticks tied together for burning.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	faggot	faggot	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	bundle	bundle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	together	together	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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 faggot | a bundle |  |  |  | of sticks | tree rules |
| 2 | **tie** | participle |  | sticks *not said here* |  |  |  | together *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **burn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The woodcutter carried a faggot home on his back.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faggot:x1:1
# text = The woodcutter carried a faggot home on his back.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	woodcutter	woodcutter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	faggot	faggot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | the woodcutter | a faggot |  | woodcutter's back |  | home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faggot=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The children gathered sticks to make a faggot.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faggot:x2:1
# text = The children gathered sticks to make a faggot.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	faggot	faggot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | past | the children | sticks |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | the children *not said here* | a faggot |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset faggot=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Shall I bring in your bundle of faggots every day?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faggot:x3:1
# text = Shall I bring in your bundle of faggots every day?
1	Shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	bundle	bundle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	faggots	faggot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring in** | shall | I | your bundle of faggots |  |  | day |  | vn earn-54.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bundle=Asset |

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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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