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title: frisk — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «frisk» in the school dictionary: To jump and skip about playfully, as a lively animal does. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# frisk

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**Who acts:** lively animal, Lambikin · **What happens:** jump, skip, do, frisk, give · **To what, where:** puppy, little frisk, lambs, field

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«frisk» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: [frisk in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/frisk.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To jump and skip about playfully, as a lively animal does.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frisk:m1:1
# text = To jump and skip about playfully, as a lively animal does.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	jump	jump	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	skip	skip	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	playfully	playfully	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	lively	lively	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **skip** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | playfully *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **do** | present | a lively animal |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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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A small playful leap or skip.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frisk:m2:1
# text = A small playful leap or skip.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	playful	playful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	leap	leap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	skip	skip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The puppy frisked about the lawn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frisk:x1:1
# text = The puppy frisked about the lawn.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	frisked	frisk	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lawn	lawn	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 | **frisk** | participle |  | the puppy *not said here* |  |  |  | about the lawn | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Lambikin gave a little frisk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frisk:x2:1
# text = Lambikin gave a little frisk.
1	Lambikin	Lambikin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	frisk	frisk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | Lambikin | a little frisk |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frisk=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The lambs frisked in the field all morning.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frisk:x3:1
# text = The lambs frisked in the field all morning.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lambs	lamb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	frisked	frisk	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	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frisk** | participle |  | the lambs *not said here* |  | the field | morning |  | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent |

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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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