---
title: hyphenation — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «hyphenation» in the school dictionary: The use of a short line (a hyphen, -) to split or join words, such as at the end of a line. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hyphenation/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/) / hyphenation

# hyphenation

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** hyphen, editor · **What happens:** split, join, use, show, check · **To what, where:** words, short line, hyphenation, end

<!-- .vabout -->
«hyphenation» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [hyphenation in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hyphenation.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The use of a short line (a hyphen, -) to split or join words, such as at the end of a line.

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hyphenation:m1:1
# text = The use of a short line (a hyphen, -) to split or join words, such as at the end of a line.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hyphen	hyphen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	9	punct	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	split	split	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	join	join	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
17	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
19	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	23	case	_	_
20	as	as	ADP	IN	_	19	fixed	_	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **join** | infinitive |  | words |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient |
| 3 | **use** |  |  | a short line |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hyphen shows hyphenation at the end of the line.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hyphenation:x1:1
# text = The hyphen shows hyphenation at the end of the line.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hyphen	hyphen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	hyphenation	hyphenation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | the hyphen | hyphenation |  |  | at the end of the line |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hyphenation=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The editor checked the hyphenation.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hyphenation:x2:1
# text = The editor checked the hyphenation.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	editor	editor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	checked	check	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hyphenation	hyphenation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | past | the editor | the hyphenation |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hyphenation=Theme |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [hyphen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hyphen/)
- next →: [hypnosis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hypnosis/)
- ↑ back to [H in school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/)