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title: moonlit — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «moonlit» in the school dictionary: Moonlit means lit by the light of the Moon. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# moonlit

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**Who acts:** Moonlit, We, moonlit garden, owl, castle, moonlit night · **What happens:** mean, lit, light, walk, look, fly · **To what, where:** Moon, moonlit beach, silver, moonlit sky, moonlit hill, badgers · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«moonlit» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: [moonlit in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/moonlit.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Moonlit means lit by the light of the Moon.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moonlit:m1:1
# text = Moonlit means lit by the light of the Moon.
1	Moonlit	moonlit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	lit	lit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Moonlit |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **lit** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the light of the Moon | tree rules |
| 3 | **light** |  |  | the Moon |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

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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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We walked along the moonlit beach.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moonlit:x1:1
# text = We walked along the moonlit beach.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	along	along	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	moonlit	moonlit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | We |  |  | the moonlit beach |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along beach=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The moonlit garden looked silver.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moonlit:x2:1
# text = The moonlit garden looked silver.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	moonlit	moonlit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | the moonlit garden | silver |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme silver=Attribute |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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An owl flew across the moonlit sky.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moonlit:x3:1
# text = An owl flew across the moonlit sky.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	across	across	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	moonlit	moonlit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sky	sky	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 | **fly** | past | a owl |  |  | the moonlit sky |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across sky=Trajectory |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The castle stood dark on a moonlit hill.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moonlit:x4:1
# text = The castle stood dark on a moonlit hill.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	moonlit	moonlit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | the castle |  |  | a moonlit hill |  | dark *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on hill=Location |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A moonlit night is good for spotting badgers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moonlit:x5:1
# text = A moonlit night is good for spotting badgers.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	moonlit	moonlit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	spotting	spot	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	badgers	badger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a moonlit night |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **spot** | gerund | a moonlit night *not said here* |  | badgers |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme badger=Destination |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The lake shone in the moonlit darkness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moonlit:x6:1
# text = The lake shone in the moonlit darkness.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	shone	shine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	moonlit	moonlit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	darkness	darkness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | participle |  | the lake *not said here* |  | the moonlit darkness |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in darkness=Location |

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