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title: flagstone — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «flagstone» in the school dictionary: A flagstone is a flat stone slab used for paving a path, a yard or a floor. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# flagstone

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**Who acts:** flagstone, flagstones, They, Pigeons · **What happens:** be, use, pave, lay, lift, find · **To what, where:** flat stone slab, path, flagstone, key, broad flagstones

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A flagstone is a flat stone slab used for paving a path, a yard or a floor.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:flagstone:m1:1
# text = A flagstone is a flat stone slab used for paving a path, a yard or a floor.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flagstone	flagstone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	slab	slab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	paving	pave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a flagstone | a flat stone slab |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | a flat stone slab *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pave** | gerund |  | a path |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme path=Destination |

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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 path was laid with flagstones.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:flagstone:x1:1
# text = The path was laid with flagstones.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	flagstones	flagstone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | past · passive | flagstones | the path |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They lifted the flagstone to find the key.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:flagstone:x2:1
# text = They lifted the flagstone to find the key.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lifted	lift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	flagstone	flagstone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | past | They | the flagstone |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flagstone=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | the key |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Pigeons walked across the broad flagstones.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:flagstone:x3:1
# text = Pigeons walked across the broad flagstones.
1	Pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	across	across	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	broad	broad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	flagstones	flagstone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	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 | **walk** | past | Pigeons |  |  | the broad flagstones |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across flagstone=Trajectory |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The giant's flagstone was too heavy to move.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:flagstone:x4:1
# text = The giant's flagstone was too heavy to move.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	flagstone	flagstone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the giant's flagstone |  |  |  |  | heavy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | to-infinitive | the giant's flagstone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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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