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title: javelin — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «javelin» in the school dictionary: A long, light spear, thrown in sport or in hunting. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# javelin

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**Who acts:** athlete, javelin · **What happens:** throw, strike, use · **To what, where:** long light spear, sport, javelin, boar, javelins

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A long, light spear, thrown in sport or in hunting.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:javelin:m1:1
# text = A long, light spear, thrown in sport or in hunting.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	light	light	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	spear	spear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | participle · passive |  | a long light spear |  | sport or hunting |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in sport=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The athlete threw the javelin far.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:javelin:x1:1
# text = The athlete threw the javelin far.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	athlete	athlete	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	threw	throw	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	javelin	javelin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past | the athlete | the javelin |  |  |  | far *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent javelin=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hunter's javelin struck the boar.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:javelin:x2:1
# text = The hunter's javelin struck the boar.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	javelin	javelin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boar	boar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | the hunter's javelin | the boar |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boar=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Both used their javelins with great skill.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:javelin:x3:1
# text = Both used their javelins with great skill.
1	Both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc:preconj	_	_
2	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	javelins	javelin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	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 | **use** | past |  | their javelins |  |  |  | with great skill | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent javelin=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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