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title: frond — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «frond» in the school dictionary: A long leaf of a fern or palm, often divided into many small leaves. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# frond

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**Who acts:** palm fronds · **What happens:** divide, shine, crouch, wave · **To what, where:** long leaf, many small leaves, fern, hare, fronds

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A long leaf of a fern or palm, often divided into many small leaves.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frond:m1:1
# text = A long leaf of a fern or palm, often divided into many small leaves.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fern	fern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	palm	palm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	often	often	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	divided	divide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **divide** | participle · passive |  | a long leaf of a fern or palm |  | many small leaves |  | often *property* | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 fronds of the fern shone with dew.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frond:x1:1
# text = The fronds of the fern shone with dew.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fronds	frond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fern	fern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	shone	shine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dew	dew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | participle |  | the fern *not said here* |  |  |  | with dew | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with dew=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The hare crouched in the fronds.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frond:x2:1
# text = The hare crouched in the fronds.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	crouched	crouch	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	fronds	frond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **crouch** | participle |  | the hare *not said here* |  | the fronds |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in frond=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The palm fronds waved in the wind.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frond:x3:1
# text = The palm fronds waved in the wind.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	palm	palm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	fronds	frond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | past | the palm fronds |  |  |  |  | in the wind | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in wind=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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