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title: fetlock — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «fetlock» in the school dictionary: The fetlock is the small joint on a horse's leg, just above the hoof, where a tuft of hair grows. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# fetlock

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**Who acts:** fetlock, tuft, magic horse · **What happens:** be, grow, sink up, splash · **To what, where:** small joint, leg, earth, fetlocks

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The fetlock is the small joint on a horse's leg, just above the hoof, where a tuft of hair grows.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fetlock:m1:1
# text = The fetlock is the small joint on a horse's leg, just above the hoof, where a tuft of hair grows.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fetlock	fetlock	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	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	joint	joint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	above	above	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	hoof	hoof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
18	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	23	advmod	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	tuft	tuft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
23	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	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 fetlock | the small joint and the hoof |  | a horse's leg |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | present | a tuft of hair |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The magic horse sank into the earth up to its fetlocks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fetlock:x1:1
# text = The magic horse sank into the earth up to its fetlocks.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	fetlocks	fetlock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink up** | past | the magic horse |  |  | the earth |  | to horse's fetlocks | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The horse's fetlocks were splashed with mud.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fetlock:x2:1
# text = The horse's fetlocks were splashed with mud.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	fetlocks	fetlock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	splashed	splash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **splash** | past · passive |  | the horse's fetlocks |  |  |  | with mud | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with mud=Theme |

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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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