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title: lope — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «lope» in the school dictionary: To lope is to run with long, easy, springing steps. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# lope

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**Who acts:** fox, dog · **What happens:** lope, be, spring, lope off, mean, go away · **To what, where:** steps, wolf, field, woods · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To lope is to run with long, easy, springing steps.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lope:m1:1
# text = To lope is to run with long, easy, springing steps.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	lope	lope	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	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	springing	spring	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
12	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lope** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | run *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **spring** | gerund |  | steps |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location step=Theme |

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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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Usage: in tales, dialect — kept apart, not parsed.

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To lope off means to go away at an easy, quick pace.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lope:m2:1
# text = To lope off means to go away at an easy, quick pace.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	lope	lope	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	nsubj	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	pace	pace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lope off** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **go away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | at a easy quick pace; away *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at pace=Location |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The wolf loped across the field.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lope:x1:1
# text = The wolf loped across the field.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	loped	lope	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	across	across	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **lope** | participle |  | the wolf *not said here* |  | the field |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across field=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The fox loped off into the woods.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lope:x2:1
# text = The fox loped off into the woods.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	loped	lope	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **lope off** | past | the fox |  |  | the woods |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into wood=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The dog loped home after the ball.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lope:x3:1
# text = The dog loped home after the ball.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	loped	lope	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ball	ball	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 | **lope** | past | the dog |  |  |  | after the ball | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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