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title: hickory — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «hickory» in the school dictionary: A North American tree of the walnut family, with hard nuts. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# hickory

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**Who acts:** Hickory dickory, Squirrels, barbecue sauce, Hickory wood, pioneers · **What happens:** use, flavour, smoke, run up, love, eat · **To what, where:** hard strong wood, hickory wood, meat, clock, hickory nuts, Axe handles

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«hickory» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: [hickory in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hickory.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A North American tree of the walnut family, with hard nuts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hickory:m1:1
# text = A North American tree of the walnut family, with hard nuts.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	walnut	walnut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The very hard, strong wood of this tree, used for tool handles and drumsticks.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hickory:m2:1
# text = The very hard, strong wood of this tree, used for tool handles and drumsticks.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	tool	tool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	handles	handle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	drumsticks	drumstick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | the hard strong wood of this tree *not said here* |  |  |  | for tool handles and drumsticks | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Smoke from hickory wood, used to flavour meat: hickory-smoked bacon.

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hickory:m3:1
# text = Smoke from hickory wood, used to flavour meat: hickory-smoked bacon.
1	Smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	hickory	hickory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	flavour	flavour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
9	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
11	hickory	hickory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	smoked	smoke	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	bacon	bacon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | hickory wood and smoked bacon *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **flavour** | to-infinitive |  | meat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **smoke** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Hickory, dickory, dock, the mouse ran up the clock.»

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hickory:x1:1
# text = «Hickory, dickory, dock, the mouse ran up the clock.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Hickory	Hickory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	dickory	dickory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	dock	dock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
10	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run up** *in a quote* | past | Hickory dickory and dock and the mouse | the clock |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme clock=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Squirrels love to eat hickory nuts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hickory:x2:1
# text = Squirrels love to eat hickory nuts.
1	Squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	hickory	hickory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | Squirrels |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Squirrels *not said here* | hickory nuts |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Axe handles are often made of hickory.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hickory:x3:1
# text = Axe handles are often made of hickory.
1	Axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	handles	handle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	often	often	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hickory	hickory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Axe handles |  |  |  | of hickory; often *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dad's barbecue sauce has a hickory-smoked flavour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hickory:x4:1
# text = Dad's barbecue sauce has a hickory-smoked flavour.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	barbecue	barbecue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	sauce	sauce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	hickory	hickory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	smoked	smoke	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	flavour	flavour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Dad's barbecue sauce | a smoked flavour |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flavour=Patient |
| 2 | **smoke** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hickory wood is very hard and strong.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hickory:x5:1
# text = Hickory wood is very hard and strong.
1	Hickory	Hickory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	strong	strong	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 | **is** | present | Hickory wood |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Hickory wood *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The pioneers used hickory to make wagon wheels.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hickory:x6:1
# text = The pioneers used hickory to make wagon wheels.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pioneers	pioneer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	hickory	hickory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	wagon	wagon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | the pioneers | hickory |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hickory=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | the pioneers *not said here* | wagon wheels |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wheel=Product |

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