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title: lair — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «lair» in the school dictionary: A lair is the den or hiding place of a wild animal. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# lair

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**Who acts:** lair, villain, wolf, fox · **What happens:** be, hide, leave, creep back · **To what, where:** den, place, secret place, lair, hills

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«lair» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [lair in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lair.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A lair is the den or hiding place of a wild animal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lair:m1:1
# text = A lair is the den or hiding place of a wild animal.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lair	lair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	den	den	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
8	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a lair | the den |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hide** | gerund | a lair *not said here* | place of a wild animal |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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A lair is any secret place where a villain hides.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lair:m2:1
# text = A lair is any secret place where a villain hides.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lair	lair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
5	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	villain	villain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	hides	hide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a lair | any secret place |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hide** | present | a villain |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The wolf left his lair at dusk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lair:x1:1
# text = The wolf left his lair at dusk.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	lair	lair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dusk	dusk	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 | **leave** | past | the wolf | wolf's lair |  |  | dusk |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lair=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The fox crept back to its lair.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lair:x2:1
# text = The fox crept back to its lair.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	crept	creep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	lair	lair	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 | **creep back** | past | the fox |  |  | fox's lair |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to lair=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The robbers' lair was hidden in the hills.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lair:x3:1
# text = The robbers' lair was hidden in the hills.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	lair	lair	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	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · passive |  | the robbers's lair |  | the hills |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in hill=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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