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title: jackdaw — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «jackdaw» in the school dictionary: A small black and grey bird of the crow family that likes shiny things. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# jackdaw

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**Who acts:** crow family, jackdaw, vain jackdaw · **What happens:** like, sit, steal, wear, borrow · **To what, where:** shiny things, church roof, shiny spoon, borrowed feathers

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A small black and grey bird of the crow family that likes shiny things.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jackdaw:m1:1
# text = A small black and grey bird of the crow family that likes shiny things.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | the crow family | shiny things |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme |

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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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A jackdaw sat on the church roof.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jackdaw:x1:1
# text = A jackdaw sat on the church roof.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	jackdaw	jackdaw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	roof	roof	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 | **sit** | past | a jackdaw |  |  | the church roof |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on roof=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The jackdaw stole the shiny spoon.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jackdaw:x2:1
# text = The jackdaw stole the shiny spoon.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	jackdaw	jackdaw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	spoon	spoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | the jackdaw | the shiny spoon |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location spoon=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The vain jackdaw wore borrowed feathers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jackdaw:x3:1
# text = The vain jackdaw wore borrowed feathers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	vain	vain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	jackdaw	jackdaw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	borrowed	borrow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | the vain jackdaw | borrowed feathers |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent feather=Source |
| 2 | **borrow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: 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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