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title: muskrat — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «muskrat» in the school dictionary: A muskrat is a small water animal with thick brown fur, found in North America and Europe, which lives near rivers and ponds. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# muskrat

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**Who acts:** muskrat, small water animal, Rikki, snake killer, hungry muskrat · **What happens:** be, find, live, laugh, ask, kill · **To what, where:** small water animal, North America, rivers, muskrats, race

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A muskrat is a small water animal with thick brown fur, found in North America and Europe, which lives near rivers and ponds.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:muskrat:m1:1
# text = A muskrat is a small water animal with thick brown fur, found in North America and Europe, which lives near rivers and ponds.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	muskrat	muskrat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
21	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
22	near	near	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	ponds	pond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a muskrat | a small water animal |  |  |  | with thick brown fur | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | participle |  | a small water animal *not said here* |  | North America and Europe |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **live** | present | a small water animal |  |  | rivers and ponds |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near river=Location |

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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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The muskrat laughed at the snake.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:muskrat:x1:1
# text = The muskrat laughed at the snake.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	muskrat	muskrat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	snake	snake	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 | **laugh** | past | the muskrat |  |  |  |  | at the snake | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Rikki scornfully asked if a snake-killer kills muskrats.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:muskrat:x2:1
# text = Rikki scornfully asked if a snake-killer kills muskrats.
1	Rikki	Rikki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	scornfully	scornfully	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	killer	killer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	kills	kill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
10	muskrats	muskrat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Rikki |  |  |  |  | scornfully *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **kill** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a snake killer | muskrats |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent muskrat=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The hungry muskrat would not run the race.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:muskrat:x3:1
# text = The hungry muskrat would not run the race.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	muskrat	muskrat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **run** | would | the hungry muskrat | the race |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme race=Trajectory |

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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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