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title: goshawk — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «goshawk» in the school dictionary: a large, fierce hawk with short, broad wings that hunts birds and small animals. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# goshawk

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**Who acts:** short broad wings, you, goshawk · **What happens:** hunt, coo, change, dash down, tie · **To what, where:** birds, dove, goshawk, bridegroom, other birds

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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a large, fierce hawk with short, broad wings that hunts birds and small animals.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:goshawk:m1:1
# text = a large, fierce hawk with short, broad wings that hunts birds and small animals.
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hawk	hawk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	broad	broad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	hunts	hunt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | short broad wings | birds and small animals |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=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}

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Suddenly Coo-my-dove changed into a goshawk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:goshawk:x1:1
# text = Suddenly Coo-my-dove changed into a goshawk.
1	Suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Coo	coo	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	goshawk	goshawk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **coo** | imperative | you *not said here* | my dove |  |  |  | suddenly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dove=Theme |
| 2 | **change** | participle |  | my dove *not said here* |  |  |  | into a goshawk *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into goshawk=Result |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The goshawk dashed down and tied the bridegroom to a tree.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:goshawk:x2:1
# text = The goshawk dashed down and tied the bridegroom to a tree.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goshawk	goshawk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dashed	dash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	tied	tie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bridegroom	bridegroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dash down** | past | the goshawk |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **tie** | past | the goshawk *not said here* | the bridegroom |  |  |  | to a tree | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent bridegroom=Patient to tree=Co-Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A goshawk hunts other birds.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:goshawk:x3:1
# text = A goshawk hunts other birds.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goshawk	goshawk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hunts	hunt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | a goshawk | other birds |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=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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