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title: femur — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «femur» in the school dictionary: The femur is the thigh bone, the long bone between your hip and your knee. It is the longest and strongest bone in the human body. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# femur

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**Who acts:** femur, you, broken femur, Muscles · **What happens:** be, join, label, break, take, heal · **To what, where:** thigh bone, longest bone, human body, body, hip, femur

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«femur» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: [femur in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/femur.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The femur is the thigh bone, the long bone between your hip and your knee. It is the longest and strongest bone in the human body.

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*Sentence 1:* The femur is the thigh bone, the long bone between your hip and your knee.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:femur:m1:1
# text = The femur is the thigh bone, the long bone between your hip and your knee.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	femur	femur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	thigh	thigh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
11	between	between	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	hip	hip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	knee	knee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the femur | the thigh bone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* It is the longest and strongest bone in the human body.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:femur:m1:2
# text = It is the longest and strongest bone in the human body.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	longest	long	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	conj	_	_
7	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | femur | the longest bone |  | the human body |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The femur is the longest bone in your body.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:femur:x1:1
# text = The femur is the longest bone in your body.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	femur	femur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	longest	long	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the femur | the longest bone |  | your body |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Your femur joins your hip and your knee.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:femur:x2:1
# text = Your femur joins your hip and your knee.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	femur	femur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	joins	join	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hip	hip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	knee	knee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | present | Your femur | your hip and your knee |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hip=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Label the femur, skull and ribs on the skeleton.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:femur:x3:1
# text = Label the femur, skull and ribs on the skeleton.
1	Label	label	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	femur	femur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	skull	skull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ribs	rib	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	skeleton	skeleton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **label** | imperative | you *not said here* | the femur and skull and ribs |  | the skeleton |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent femur=Destination |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The dinosaur's femur was taller than a man.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:femur:x4:1
# text = The dinosaur's femur was taller than a man.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	femur	femur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	taller	tall	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the dinosaur's femur |  |  |  |  | than a man; tall *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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A broken femur takes months to heal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:femur:x5:1
# text = A broken femur takes months to heal.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	femur	femur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	heal	heal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **take** | present | a broken femur |  |  |  | month |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **heal** | to-infinitive | a broken femur *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The femur is very strong because it carries your weight.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:femur:x6:1
# text = The femur is very strong because it carries your weight.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	femur	femur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the femur |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** | present | femur | your weight |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weight=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

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Muscles pull on the femur to move your leg.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:femur:x7:1
# text = Muscles pull on the femur to move your leg.
1	Muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pull	pull	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	femur	femur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | present | Muscles |  |  |  |  | on the femur | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on femur=Theme |
| 2 | **move** | to-infinitive | Muscles *not said here* | your leg |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent leg=Theme |

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