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title: maggot — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «maggot» in the school dictionary: The soft, pale, legless young form (larva) of a fly, which hatches from an egg and feeds on rotting food or dead animals. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# maggot

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**Who acts:** fly, rubbish bin, maggot, Grandad, Maggots, Doctors · **What happens:** hatch, feed, rot, form, crawl, turn · **To what, where:** fly, hot weather, pupa, maggots, dead animals, special clean maggots

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«maggot» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [maggot in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/maggot.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The soft, pale, legless young form (larva) of a fly, which hatches from an egg and feeds on rotting food or dead animals.

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:maggot:m1:1
# text = The soft, pale, legless young form (larva) of a fly, which hatches from an egg and feeds on rotting food or dead animals.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
2	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	legless	legless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	larva	larva	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	10	punct	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	fly	fly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	hatches	hatch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	feeds	feed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
23	on	on	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	rotting	rot	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	25	amod	_	_
25	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
26	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
27	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hatch** | present | a fly |  |  |  |  | from a egg | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from egg=Patient |
| 2 | **feed** | present | a fly *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on rotting food or dead animals | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on food=Patient |
| 3 | **rot** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **form** |  |  | a fly |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=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}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: old-fashioned, insult — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A rude name for a worthless person.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:maggot:m2:1
# text = A rude name for a worthless person.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	worthless	worthless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The rubbish bin was crawling with maggots in the hot weather.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:maggot:x1:1
# text = The rubbish bin was crawling with maggots in the hot weather.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	crawling	crawl	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	maggots	maggot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crawl** | past · progressive | the rubbish bin |  |  | the hot weather |  | with maggots | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in weather=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A maggot turns into a pupa and then into a fly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:maggot:x2:1
# text = A maggot turns into a pupa and then into a fly.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	maggot	maggot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pupa	pupa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fly	fly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | a maggot |  |  | a pupa and a fly |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into pupa=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandad uses maggots as bait when he goes fishing.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:maggot:x3:1
# text = Grandad uses maggots as bait when he goes fishing.
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	maggots	maggot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	bait	bait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	fishing	fish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | Grandad | maggots |  |  |  | as bait | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent maggot=Duration as bait=Attribute |
| 2 | **go** | present | Grandad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **fish** | gerund | Grandad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Maggots help break down dead animals.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:maggot:x4:1
# text = Maggots help break down dead animals.
1	Maggots	maggot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | Maggots |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **break down** | infinitive | Maggots *not said here* | dead animals |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Doctors sometimes use special clean maggots to clean wounds.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:maggot:x5:1
# text = Doctors sometimes use special clean maggots to clean wounds.
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	advmod	_	_
3	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	maggots	maggot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	clean	clean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	wounds	wound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | Doctors | special clean maggots |  |  |  | sometimes *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maggot=Patient |
| 2 | **clean** | to-infinitive | Doctors *not said here* | wounds |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wound=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We learnt about the life cycle of a fly: egg, maggot, pupa, fly.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:maggot:x6:1
# text = We learnt about the life cycle of a fly: egg, maggot, pupa, fly.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	learnt	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cycle	cycle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fly	fly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
11	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	maggot	maggot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	pupa	pupa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | past | We |  |  |  |  | about the life cycle of a fly and egg and maggot and pupa | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about cycle=Topic |
| 2 | **fly** | infinitive | We *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The old apple had a maggot inside.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:maggot:x7:1
# text = The old apple had a maggot inside.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	maggot	maggot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the old apple | a maggot |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maggot=Patient |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The peasants knocked them down and flung them into the fire, not allowing so much as a single maggot to creep away!

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:maggot:x8:1
# text = The peasants knocked them down and flung them into the fire, not allowing so much as a single maggot to creep away!
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	peasants	peasant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	knocked	knock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	flung	fling	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	allowing	allow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	much	much	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	maggot	maggot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	creep	creep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
23	away	away	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock down** | past | the peasants | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **fling** | past | the peasants *not said here* | peasants *= peasant* |  | the fire |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme into fire=Destination |
| 3 | **not** **allow** | gerund | the peasants *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as a single maggot | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |
| 4 | **creep away** | to-infinitive | the peasants *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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