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title: hoar — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «hoar» in the school dictionary: Hoar means white or grey, especially of frost, as in «hoar frost». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# hoar

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**Who acts:** Hoar, tale · **What happens:** mean, cover, sparkle, come · **To what, where:** Trees, hoar grass, morning sun., hoar antiquity

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Hoar means white or grey, especially of frost, as in «hoar frost».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hoar:m1:1
# text = Hoar means white or grey, especially of frost, as in «hoar frost».
1	Hoar	hoar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	hoar	hoar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Hoar |  |  |  |  | white *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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Hoar means very old or ancient, as in «hoar antiquity».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hoar:m2:1
# text = Hoar means very old or ancient, as in «hoar antiquity».
1	Hoar	Hoar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	hoar	hoar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	antiquity	antiquity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Hoar |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Trees were covered with hoar frost.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hoar:x1:1
# text = Trees were covered with hoar frost.
1	Trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	hoar	hoar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **cover** | past · passive |  | Trees |  |  |  | with hoar frost | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with frost=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The hoar grass sparkled in the morning sun.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hoar:x2:1
# text = The hoar grass sparkled in the morning sun.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hoar	hoar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	sparkled	sparkle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	sun.	sun.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sparkle** | participle |  | the hoar grass *not said here* |  | the morning sun. |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sun.=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The tale comes from hoar antiquity.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hoar:x3:1
# text = The tale comes from hoar antiquity.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	hoar	hoar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	antiquity	antiquity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **come** | present | the tale |  |  | hoar antiquity |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from antiquity=Initial\_Location |

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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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