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title: fleecy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «fleecy» in the school dictionary: Fleecy means soft and woolly, like a sheep's fleece. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# fleecy

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**Who acts:** Fleecy, Fleecy clouds · **What happens:** mean, describe, take, drift · **To what, where:** soft white clouds, water, long fleecy robe, hills

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«fleecy» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [fleecy in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fleecy.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Fleecy means soft and woolly, like a sheep's fleece.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fleecy:m1:1
# text = Fleecy means soft and woolly, like a sheep's fleece.
1	Fleecy	fleecy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	woolly	woolly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	fleece	fleece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Fleecy |  |  |  |  | soft *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Fleecy can describe soft white clouds.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fleecy:m2:1
# text = Fleecy can describe soft white clouds.
1	Fleecy	Fleecy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	describe	describe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | can | Fleecy | soft white clouds |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent cloud=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The water had taken the shape of a man in a long, white, fleecy robe.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fleecy:x1:1
# text = The water had taken the shape of a man in a long, white, fleecy robe.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
12	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
16	fleecy	fleecy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past · perfect · passive |  | the water |  | a long fleecy robe |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme shape=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Fleecy clouds drifted over the hills.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fleecy:x2:1
# text = Fleecy clouds drifted over the hills.
1	Fleecy	fleecy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drifted	drift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drift** | past | Fleecy clouds |  |  | the hills |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over hill=Trajectory |

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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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