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title: halloo — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «halloo» in the school dictionary: To halloo is to shout loudly to call hunters or dogs, or to get attention. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# halloo

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**Who acts:** halloo, huntsman, hunters, We · **What happens:** be, call, get, give, halloo, hear · **To what, where:** hunters, attention, loud shout, loud halloo, halloo, top · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To halloo is to shout loudly to call hunters or dogs, or to get attention.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:halloo:m1:1
# text = To halloo is to shout loudly to call hunters or dogs, or to get attention.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	halloo	halloo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
16	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | loudly, shout *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | to-infinitive |  | hunters or dogs |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hunter=Recipient |
| 3 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | attention |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer attention=Stimulus |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A halloo is that loud shout.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:halloo:m2:1
# text = A halloo is that loud shout.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	halloo	halloo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	shout	shout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a halloo | loud shout |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The huntsman gave a loud halloo.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:halloo:x1:1
# text = The huntsman gave a loud halloo.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	huntsman	huntsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	halloo	halloo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hunters hallooed to the dogs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:halloo:x2:1
# text = The hunters hallooed to the dogs.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hallooed	halloo	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **halloo** | past | the hunters |  |  |  |  | to the dogs | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We heard a halloo from the top of the hill.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:halloo:x3:1
# text = We heard a halloo from the top of the hill.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	halloo	halloo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | We | a halloo |  | the top of the hill |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent halloo=Topic from top=Source |

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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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