--- title: hark — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics description: «hark» in the school dictionary: «Hark!» is a call to listen. 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The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [hark in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hark.md). ## Meaning 1 {#m1} Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed. «Hark!» is a call to listen. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:school:hark:m1:1 # text = «Hark!» is a call to listen. 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Hark Hark PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Hark | a call | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **listen** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | 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} To hark to something means to listen carefully to it. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:school:hark:m2:1 # text = To hark to something means to listen carefully to it. 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 hark hark VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 csubj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obl _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hark** | to-infinitive | | | | | | to something | tree rules | | 2 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **listen** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | it | | | carefully *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to it=Theme | ## Example 1 {#x1} Hark! Is that a bell? *Sentence 1:* Hark! ```conllu # sent_id = dict:school:hark:x1:1 # text = Hark! 1 Hark Hark PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* Is that a bell? ```conllu # sent_id = dict:school:hark:x1:2 # text = Is that a bell? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | a bell | | | | | tree rules | ## Example 2 {#x2} Hark to the wind rising over the sea! ```conllu # sent_id = dict:school:hark:x2:1 # text = Hark to the wind rising over the sea! 1 Hark Hark PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 rising rise VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 over over ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | gerund | the wind *not said here* | | | the sea | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over sea=Location | **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. - ← previous: [haricot](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haricot/) - next →: [harlequin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harlequin/) - ↑ back to [H in school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/)