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title: islet — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «islet» in the school dictionary: A very small island with water all around it. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# islet

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**Who acts:** We, fisherman · **What happens:** rest, row, live · **To what, where:** seals, rocky islet, little boat, islet

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A very small island with water all around it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:islet:m1:1
# text = A very small island with water all around it.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	all	all	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	around	around	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The seals rested on a rocky islet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:islet:x1:1
# text = The seals rested on a rocky islet.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	rested	rest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rocky	rocky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	islet	islet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rest** | participle |  | the seals *not said here* |  | a rocky islet |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on islet=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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We rowed to the islet in a little boat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:islet:x2:1
# text = We rowed to the islet in a little boat.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rowed	row	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	islet	islet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **row** | past | We |  |  | a little boat |  | to the islet | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to islet=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The fisherman lived alone on the islet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:islet:x3:1
# text = The fisherman lived alone on the islet.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	islet	islet	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 | **live** | past | the fisherman |  |  | the islet |  | alone *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on islet=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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