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title: mangy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mangy» in the school dictionary: Mangy means having patchy, thin fur or skin from a disease, or looking shabby and worn. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# mangy

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**Who acts:** Mangy, mangy old dog, man eaters, you · **What happens:** mean, have, look, be, lose, not pat · **To what, where:** patchy thin fur, disease, patches, teeth, mangy stray cat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Mangy means having patchy, thin fur or skin from a disease, or looking shabby and worn.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mangy:m1:1
# text = Mangy means having patchy, thin fur or skin from a disease, or looking shabby and worn.
1	Mangy	mangy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	ccomp	_	_
4	patchy	patchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	disease	disease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
16	shabby	shabby	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	worn	worn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Mangy |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | gerund |  | patchy thin fur or skin |  | a disease |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fur=Patient |
| 3 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | shabby *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The mangy old dog had patches of bare skin.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mangy:x1:1
# text = The mangy old dog had patches of bare skin.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	mangy	mangy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	patches	patch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the mangy old dog | patches of bare skin |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patch=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The man-eaters were mangy and had lost their teeth.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mangy:x2:1
# text = The man-eaters were mangy and had lost their teeth.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	eaters	eater	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	mangy	mangy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the man eaters |  |  |  |  | mangy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | past · perfect | the man eaters *not said here* | eaters's teeth |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Eventuality |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't pat a mangy stray cat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mangy:x3:1
# text = Don't pat a mangy stray cat.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	pat	pat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	mangy	mangy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	stray	stray	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pat** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | a mangy stray cat |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Experiencer |

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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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