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title: marred — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «marred» in the school dictionary: To mar something is to spoil it so that it is less good than it was. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# marred

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**Who acts:** it, accident, Rain, scratch · **What happens:** mar, be · **To what, where:** something, happiness, picnic, new table

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To mar something is to spoil it so that it is less good than it was.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marred:m1:1
# text = To mar something is to spoil it so that it is less good than it was.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	mar	mar	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	spoil	spoil	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	13	mark	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
13	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	_
14	than	than	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mar** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | spoil *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | than it; good *property* | tree rules |

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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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After three happy years an accident marred their happiness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marred:x1:1
# text = After three happy years an accident marred their happiness.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	marred	mar	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	happiness	happiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mar** | past | a accident | their happiness |  |  | year |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Rain marred our picnic.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marred:x2:1
# text = Rain marred our picnic.
1	Rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	marred	mar	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	picnic	picnic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mar** | participle | Rain | our picnic |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A scratch marred the new table.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marred:x3:1
# text = A scratch marred the new table.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scratch	scratch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	marred	mar	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mar** | past | a scratch | the new table |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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