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title: huckleberry — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «huckleberry» in the school dictionary: A huckleberry is a small dark-blue berry that grows on a bush, like a blueberry. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# huckleberry

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**Who acts:** huckleberry, small blue berry, word, We, Huckleberry pie, bushes · **What happens:** be, grow, give, pick · **To what, where:** small blue berry, bush, name, person, fruit, huckleberries

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A huckleberry is a small dark-blue berry that grows on a bush, like a blueberry.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:huckleberry:m1:1
# text = A huckleberry is a small dark-blue berry that grows on a bush, like a blueberry.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	huckleberry	huckleberry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
6	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	berry	berry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	like	like	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	blueberry	blueberry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a huckleberry | a small blue berry |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | present | a small blue berry |  |  | a bush |  | like a blueberry | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bush=Location |

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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 -->
Huckleberry is also a name given to a person, as in the tales, but the word itself is a fruit.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:huckleberry:m2:1
# text = Huckleberry is also a name given to a person, as in the tales, but the word itself is a fruit.
1	Huckleberry	Huckleberry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
16	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
19	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	18	appos	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Huckleberry | a name |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  | a name *not said here* | a person |  |  | as the tales | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to person=Recipient |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the word | a fruit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We picked huckleberries in the woods.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:huckleberry:x1:1
# text = We picked huckleberries in the woods.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	picked	pick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	huckleberries	huckleberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | past | We | huckleberries |  | the woods |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent huckleberry=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Huckleberry pie is sweet and purple.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:huckleberry:x2:1
# text = Huckleberry pie is sweet and purple.
1	Huckleberry	Huckleberry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	pie	pie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Huckleberry pie |  |  |  |  | sweet *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Huckleberry pie *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bushes were full of ripe huckleberries.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:huckleberry:x3:1
# text = The bushes were full of ripe huckleberries.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bushes	bush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	ripe	ripe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	huckleberries	huckleberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **is** | past | the bushes |  |  |  |  | of ripe huckleberries; full *property* | tree rules |

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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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