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title: kindled — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «kindled» in the school dictionary: Kindled means set alight; kindled is the past form of kindle. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# kindled

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**Who acts:** they · **What happens:** kindle, mean, set, be, not kindle · **To what, where:** past form, fire, woodpile, wrath · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Kindled means set alight; kindled is the past form of kindle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kindled:m1:1
# text = Kindled means set alight; kindled is the past form of kindle.
1	Kindled	kindle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
4	alight	alight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
6	kindled	kindle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	kindle	kindle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kindle** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **set** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | alight *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **kindle** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **is a** | present |  | the past form |  |  |  | of kindle | tree rules |

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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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Between them they kindled a fire.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kindled:x1:1
# text = Between them they kindled a fire.
1	Between	between	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kindled	kindle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **kindle** | past | they | a fire |  |  |  | between them *= they* | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fire=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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His woodpile was not yet kindled.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kindled:x2:1
# text = His woodpile was not yet kindled.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	woodpile	woodpile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	kindled	kindle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **kindle** | past · passive |  | His woodpile |  |  | yet |  | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The king's wrath was kindled against Noureddin.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kindled:x3:1
# text = The king's wrath was kindled against Noureddin.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	wrath	wrath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	kindled	kindle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	against	against	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Noureddin	Noureddin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kindle** | past · passive |  | the king's wrath |  |  |  | against Noureddin | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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