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title: granny — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «granny» in the school dictionary: A friendly, informal word for your grandmother, the mother of your mum or dad. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# granny

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**Who acts:** Granny, We, Little Riding Hood, you, knot, I · **What happens:** use, bake, stay, knit, live, take · **To what, where:** phrases, best apple pie, summer holiday, house, new scarf, me

<!-- .vabout -->
«granny» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: [granny in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/granny.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A friendly, informal word for your grandmother, the mother of your mum or dad.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:granny:m1:1
# text = A friendly, informal word for your grandmother, the mother of your mum or dad.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	informal	informal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Used in some phrases for an old-fashioned or very careful style, like a «granny knot» or «granny glasses».

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:granny:m2:1
# text = Used in some phrases for an old-fashioned or very careful style, like a «granny knot» or «granny glasses».
1	Used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	phrases	phrase	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	very	very	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
13	style	style	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	like	like	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
17	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	granny	granny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	knot	knot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
22	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	granny	granny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	glasses	glass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  |  |  | some phrases |  | for a fashioned style or granny glasses | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Granny bakes the best apple pie in the world.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:granny:x1:1
# text = Granny bakes the best apple pie in the world.
1	Granny	Granny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bakes	bake	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
5	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	pie	pie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bake** | present | Granny | the best apple pie |  |  |  | in the world | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent pie=Patient in world=Instrument |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We stay at Granny's house every summer holiday.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:granny:x2:1
# text = We stay at Granny's house every summer holiday.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	Granny	Granny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
8	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | We | every summer holiday |  | Granny's house |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at house=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My granny knits me a new scarf every winter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:granny:x3:1
# text = My granny knits me a new scarf every winter.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	granny	granny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	knits	knit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	scarf	scarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knit** | present | My granny | a new scarf | me |  | winter |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary scarf=Product |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Granny lives in a granny flat at the back of our garden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:granny:x4:1
# text = Granny lives in a granny flat at the back of our garden.
1	Granny	Granny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	granny	granny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Granny |  |  |  |  | in a granny | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in granny=Location |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the story, Little Red Riding Hood takes a basket to her granny.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:granny:x5:1
# text = In the story, Little Red Riding Hood takes a basket to her granny.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	Riding	Riding	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Hood	Hood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	granny	granny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | Little Riding Hood | a basket | Hood's granny | the story |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent basket=Theme to granny=Destination |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tie a reef knot, not a granny knot, or it will slip.

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:granny:x6:1
# text = Tie a reef knot, not a granny knot, or it will slip.
1	Tie	tie	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	reef	reef	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	knot	knot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	granny	granny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	knot	knot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	slip	slip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | imperative | you *not said here* | a reef knot |  |  |  | a granny knot *obl* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knot=Patient |
| 2 | **slip** | future | knot |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I have two grannies, one in Ireland and one in Canada.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:granny:x7:1
# text = I have two grannies, one in Ireland and one in Canada.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	grannies	grannie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	appos	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | I | two grannies |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grannie=Patient |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Granny Smith apples are green and sour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:granny:x8:1
# text = Granny Smith apples are green and sour.
1	Granny	Granny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	Smith	Smith	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sour	sour	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Granny apples |  |  |  |  | green *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Granny apples *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 9 {#x9}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
‘It’s me, Granny, your little Golden-hood.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:granny:x9:1
# text = ‘It’s me, Granny, your little Golden-hood.
1	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	’s	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Granny	Granny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
9	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
10	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	hood	hood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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