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title: hobble — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «hobble» in the school dictionary: To walk with short, slow, unsteady steps, often because you are hurt, tired or old. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# hobble

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**Who acts:** old dog, He, She · **What happens:** walk, hurt, hobble, have, hobble off, grumble · **To what, where:** you, bed, foot

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To walk with short, slow, unsteady steps, often because you are hurt, tired or old.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hobble:m1:1
# text = To walk with short, slow, unsteady steps, often because you are hurt, tired or old.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
4	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	unsteady	unsteady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	often	often	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
12	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	parataxis	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with short slow unsteady steps | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hurt** | present · passive |  | you |  |  |  | often *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The old dog hobbled to his bed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hobble:x1:1
# text = The old dog hobbled to his bed.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hobbled	hobble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hobble** | past | the old dog |  |  | dog's bed |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to bed=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He hurt his foot and had to hobble home.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hobble:x2:1
# text = He hurt his foot and had to hobble home.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	hobble	hobble	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	home	home	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | past | He | his foot |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer foot=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **hobble** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She hobbled off, grumbling.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hobble:x3:1
# text = She hobbled off, grumbling.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hobbled	hobble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	grumbling	grumble	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hobble off** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **grumble** *speech: other* | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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