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title: firelight — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «firelight» in the school dictionary: The light given off by a fire, especially a warm glow in a room. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# firelight

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**Who acts:** We, firelight, she · **What happens:** give off, sit, talk, make, dance, read · **To what, where:** light, firelight, shadow dance, ceiling, old book, knife

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«firelight» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [firelight in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/firelight.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The light given off by a fire, especially a warm glow in a room.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:firelight:m1:1
# text = The light given off by a fire, especially a warm glow in a room.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	glow	glow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give off** | participle |  | the light *not said here* |  |  |  | by a fire | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source |

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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 -->
We sat talking in the firelight.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:firelight:x1:1
# text = We sat talking in the firelight.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	firelight	firelight	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 | **sit** | past | We |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **talk** | gerund | We *not said here* |  |  | the firelight |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The firelight made her shadow dance on the ceiling.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:firelight:x2:1
# text = The firelight made her shadow dance on the ceiling.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	firelight	firelight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ceiling	ceiling	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 | **make** | past | the firelight | firelight's shadow dance |  | the ceiling |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dance=Product |
| 2 | **dance** |  | firelight |  |  |  |  |  | nom dance «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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By firelight she read the old book.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:firelight:x3:1
# text = By firelight she read the old book.
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	firelight	firelight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past | she | the old book |  |  |  | by firelight | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The knife glittered in the firelight.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:firelight:x4:1
# text = The knife glittered in the firelight.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	glittered	glitter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	firelight	firelight	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 | **glitter** | participle |  | the knife *not said here* |  | the firelight |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in firelight=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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