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title: jamb — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «jamb» in the school dictionary: The side post of a door or window frame. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# jamb

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**Who acts:** key, He · **What happens:** turn, paint, learn · **To what, where:** lock, door jambs

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The side post of a door or window frame.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jamb:m1:1
# text = The side post of a door or window frame.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	frame	frame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The key turned in the lock near the jamb.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jamb:x1:1
# text = The key turned in the lock near the jamb.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	jamb	jamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | the key |  |  | the lock |  | near the jamb | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme in lock=Source near jamb=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The door jambs were painted white.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jamb:x2:1
# text = The door jambs were painted white.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	jambs	jamb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | past · passive |  | the door jambs |  |  |  | white *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He leaned against the door jamb.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jamb:x3:1
# text = He leaned against the door jamb.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	leaned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	against	against	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	jamb	jamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **learn** | past | He |  |  |  |  | against the door jamb | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: 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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