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title: lurk — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «lurk» in the school dictionary: To lurk is to stay hidden, waiting quietly, often to attack or spy. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# lurk

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**Who acts:** Something, Danger · **What happens:** be, wait, attack, spy, lurk · **To what, where:** fox, bushes, door, dark woods

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To lurk is to stay hidden, waiting quietly, often to attack or spy.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lurk:m1:1
# text = To lurk is to stay hidden, waiting quietly, often to attack or spy.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	lurk	lurk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
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	stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
9	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	often	often	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	attack	attack	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	spy	spy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | hidden, stay *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **wait** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | quietly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **attack** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **spy** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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A fox lurked in the bushes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lurk:x1:1
# text = A fox lurked in the bushes.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	lurked	lurk	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bushes	bush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **lurk** | participle |  | a fox *not said here* |  | the bushes |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bush=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Something was lurking behind the door.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lurk:x2:1
# text = Something was lurking behind the door.
1	Something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	lurking	lurk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lurk** | past · progressive | Something |  |  | the door |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind door=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Danger may lurk in dark woods.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lurk:x3:1
# text = Danger may lurk in dark woods.
1	Danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	lurk	lurk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lurk** | may | Danger |  |  | dark woods |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=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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