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title: muckle — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «muckle» in the school dictionary: Muckle means much or great in amount or size. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# muckle

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**Who acts:** Muckle, doubt, muckle joy, He · **What happens:** mean, wait, be, have · **To what, where:** village, muckle wealth

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use, Scots — kept apart, not parsed.

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Muckle means much or great in amount or size.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:muckle:m1:1
# text = Muckle means much or great in amount or size.
1	Muckle	muckle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	much	much	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	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 | Muckle |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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Muckle as an adverb means very or greatly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:muckle:m2:1
# text = Muckle as an adverb means very or greatly.
1	Muckle	muckle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	adverb	adverb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	greatly	greatly	ADV	RB	_	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Muckle as a adverb |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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With muckle doubt and pain, they waited.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:muckle:x1:1
# text = With muckle doubt and pain, they waited.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	muckle	muckle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	doubt	doubt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past | doubt |  |  |  |  | with muckle doubt and pain | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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There was muckle joy in the village that day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:muckle:x2:1
# text = There was muckle joy in the village that day.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	muckle	muckle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | muckle joy |  |  | the village  that day; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in village=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He had muckle wealth.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:muckle:x3:1
# text = He had muckle wealth.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	muckle	muckle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	wealth	wealth	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 | **have** | past | He | muckle wealth |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wealth=Patient |

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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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