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title: mire — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mire» in the school dictionary: Mire is deep, wet mud or soft ground that sucks at your feet. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# mire

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**Who acts:** Mire, wet mud, cart, boots, horse · **What happens:** be, suck, mire, hold back, sink · **To what, where:** feet, trouble, mire

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Mire is deep, wet mud or soft ground that sucks at your feet.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mire:m1:1
# text = Mire is deep, wet mud or soft ground that sucks at your feet.
1	Mire	mire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	sucks	suck	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Mire |  |  |  |  | deep *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **suck** | present | wet mud or soft ground |  |  | your feet |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at foot=Source |

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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}

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To mire is to get stuck in mud, or to be held back in trouble.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mire:m2:1
# text = To mire is to get stuck in mud, or to be held back in trouble.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	mire	mire	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	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
14	back	back	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mire** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | get, stuck *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **hold back** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  | trouble |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: in trouble=Location |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cart sank deep in the mire.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mire:x1:1
# text = The cart sank deep in the mire.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mire	mire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **sink** | past | the cart |  |  | the mire |  | deep *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Our boots were thick with mire after the rain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mire:x2:1
# text = Our boots were thick with mire after the rain.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	mire	mire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Our boots |  |  |  |  | with mire after the rain; thick *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The horse was stuck fast in the mire.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mire:x3:1
# text = The horse was stuck fast in the mire.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mire	mire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the horse |  |  | the mire |  | fast, stuck *property* | 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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