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title: manoeuvre — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «manoeuvre» in the school dictionary: A manoeuvre is a planned movement of soldiers, ships or vehicles, often done as practice. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# manoeuvre

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**Who acts:** manoeuvre, soldiers, Comrade Wasp's nest, boat · **What happens:** plan, be, do, manoeuvre, steer · **To what, where:** planned movement, it, tight space, manoeuvres, review, wasps

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A manoeuvre is a planned movement of soldiers, ships or vehicles, often done as practice.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:manoeuvre:m1:1
# text = A manoeuvre is a planned movement of soldiers, ships or vehicles, often done as practice.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	manoeuvre	manoeuvre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	planned	plan	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	vehicles	vehicle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	often	often	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a manoeuvre | a planned movement |  |  |  | of soldiers and ships or vehicles | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | participle |  | a planned movement *not said here* |  |  |  | as practice; often *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To manoeuvre is to move something carefully or cleverly, or to steer it through a tight space.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:manoeuvre:m2:1
# text = To manoeuvre is to move something carefully or cleverly, or to steer it through a tight space.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	manoeuvre	manoeuvre	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	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	cleverly	cleverly	ADV	RB	_	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	steer	steer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	through	through	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **manoeuvre** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | carefully, move *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **steer** | to-infinitive |  | it |  | a tight space |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme through space=Destination |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The soldiers did their manoeuvres well at the review.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:manoeuvre:x1:1
# text = The soldiers did their manoeuvres well at the review.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	manoeuvres	manoeuvre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	review	review	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the soldiers | soldiers's manoeuvres |  | the review |  | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manoeuvre=Eventuality |
| 2 | **manoeuvre** |  | soldiers *= soldier* |  |  |  |  |  | nom manoeuvre «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Comrade Wasp's-nest manoeuvred his wasps.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:manoeuvre:x2:1
# text = Comrade Wasp's-nest manoeuvred his wasps.
1	Comrade	comrade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	Wasp's	Wasp's	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	manoeuvred	manoeuvre	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	wasps	wasp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **manoeuvre** | past | Comrade Wasp's nest | his wasps |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The boat manoeuvred carefully round the rocks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:manoeuvre:x3:1
# text = The boat manoeuvred carefully round the rocks.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	manoeuvred	manoeuvre	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	round	round	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rocks	rock	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 | **manoeuvre** | past | the boat |  |  |  |  | round the rocks; carefully *property* | tree rules |

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