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title: intersperse — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «intersperse» in the school dictionary: To scatter or place things here and there among other things. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# intersperse

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**What happens:** scatter, intersperse · **To what, where:** other things, Flowers, story, Trees

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To scatter or place things here and there among other things.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intersperse:m1:1
# text = To scatter or place things here and there among other things.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	scatter	scatter	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	conj	_	_
9	among	among	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scatter** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | other things; here |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme among thing=Destination |

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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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Flowers were interspersed among the green bushes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intersperse:x1:1
# text = Flowers were interspersed among the green bushes.
1	Flowers	flower	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	interspersed	intersperse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	among	among	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bushes	bush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intersperse** | past · passive |  | Flowers |  |  |  | among the green bushes | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The story is interspersed with songs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intersperse:x2:1
# text = The story is interspersed with songs.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	interspersed	intersperse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intersperse** | present · passive |  | the story |  |  |  | with songs | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with song=Co-Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Trees were interspersed with the tall grass.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intersperse:x3:1
# text = Trees were interspersed with the tall grass.
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	interspersed	intersperse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intersperse** | past · passive |  | Trees |  |  |  | with the tall grass | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with grass=Co-Patient |

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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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