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title: gravelly — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «gravelly» in the school dictionary: Covered with or full of gravel (small stones). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# gravelly

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**Who acts:** We, giant, river bed, Gravelly soil, old captain · **What happens:** cover, describe, walk, speak, be, let · **To what, where:** voice, gravelly path, gravelly voice, gravelly laugh, bike, gravelly road · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«gravelly» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: [gravelly in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gravelly.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Covered with or full of gravel (small stones).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gravelly:m1:1
# text = Covered with or full of gravel (small stones).
1	Covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	1	obl	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	gravel	gravel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Describing a voice: low and rough.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gravelly:m2:1
# text = Describing a voice: low and rough.
1	Describing	describe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | gerund |  | a voice |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent voice=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We walked along the gravelly path.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gravelly:x1:1
# text = We walked along the gravelly path.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	along	along	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	gravelly	gravelly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	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 | **walk** | past | We |  |  | the gravelly path |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along path=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The giant spoke in a gravelly voice.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gravelly:x2:1
# text = The giant spoke in a gravelly voice.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	gravelly	gravelly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the giant |  |  | a gravelly voice |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The river bed was gravelly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gravelly:x3:1
# text = The river bed was gravelly.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	gravelly	gravelly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the river bed |  |  |  |  | gravelly *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Gravelly soil lets water drain away quickly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gravelly:x4:1
# text = Gravelly soil lets water drain away quickly.
1	Gravelly	gravelly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	drain	drain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | Gravelly soil |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drain away** | infinitive | Gravelly soil *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away, quickly *property* | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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The old captain had a gravelly laugh.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gravelly:x5:1
# text = The old captain had a gravelly laugh.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	gravelly	gravelly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	laugh	laugh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the old captain | a gravelly laugh |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laugh=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My bike skidded on the gravelly road.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gravelly:x6:1
# text = My bike skidded on the gravelly road.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	skidded	skid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	gravelly	gravelly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **skid** | participle · passive |  | My bike |  | the gravelly road |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

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