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title: moonbeam — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «moonbeam» in the school dictionary: A moonbeam is a ray of light from the moon. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# moonbeam

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**Who acts:** moonbeam, fairies · **What happens:** be, come, dance, glisten · **To what, where:** ray, window, moonbeams, moonbeam

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A moonbeam is a ray of light from the moon.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moonbeam:m1:1
# text = A moonbeam is a ray of light from the moon.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moonbeam	moonbeam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ray	ray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a moonbeam | a ray |  |  |  | of light from the moon | 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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A moonbeam came through the window.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moonbeam:x1:1
# text = A moonbeam came through the window.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moonbeam	moonbeam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | a moonbeam |  |  | the window |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through window=Initial\_Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The fairies danced in the moonbeams.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moonbeam:x2:1
# text = The fairies danced in the moonbeams.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	moonbeams	moonbeam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | past | the fairies |  |  | the moonbeams |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in moonbeam=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Something glistened in the moonbeam like drops of dew.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moonbeam:x3:1
# text = Something glistened in the moonbeam like drops of dew.
1	Something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	glistened	glisten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	moonbeam	moonbeam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	drops	drop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	dew	dew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glisten** | participle |  |  |  | the moonbeam |  | like drops of dew | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in moonbeam=Location |

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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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