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title: lop — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «lop» in the school dictionary: To lop is to cut off with one swift stroke, such as a branch or a head. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# lop

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**Who acts:** hero, Dad, Jason · **What happens:** lop, be, lop off · **To what, where:** head, dead branch, tree, branch

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To lop is to cut off with one swift stroke, such as a branch or a head.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lop:m1:1
# text = To lop is to cut off with one swift stroke, such as a branch or a head.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	lop	lop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	swift	swift	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	stroke	stroke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	15	case	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lop** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with one swift stroke or a head; cut *property* | 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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The hero lopped off the dragon's head.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lop:x1:1
# text = The hero lopped off the dragon's head.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lopped	lop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lop off** | past | the hero | the dragon's head |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Dad lopped the dead branch off the tree.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lop:x2:1
# text = Dad lopped the dead branch off the tree.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lopped	lop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lop** | past | Dad | the dead branch |  | the tree |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent branch=Theme off tree=Initial\_Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Jason lopped the branch from the tree.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lop:x3:1
# text = Jason lopped the branch from the tree.
1	Jason	Jason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lopped	lop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tree	tree	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 | **lop** | past | Jason | the branch |  | the tree |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent branch=Theme from tree=Initial\_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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