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title: neap — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «neap» in the school dictionary: A neap tide is a tide with the smallest difference between high and low water, which happens twice a month when the Sun and Moon pull at right angles to each other. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# neap

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**Who acts:** neap tide, tide, Sun, Neap tides, Spring tides, fishermen · **What happens:** be, happen, pull, not go out, wait, launch · **To what, where:** tide, neap tide, boat, rock pools · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A neap tide is a tide with the smallest difference between high and low water, which happens twice a month when the Sun and Moon pull at right angles to each other.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:neap:m1:1
# text = A neap tide is a tide with the smallest difference between high and low water, which happens twice a month when the Sun and Moon pull at right angles to each other.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	neap	neap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	smallest	small	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	between	between	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
15	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
18	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
19	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	18	advmod	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl:unmarked	_	_
22	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	27	advmod	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	_
27	pull	pull	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	advcl	_	_
28	at	at	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	angles	angle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obl	_	_
31	to	to	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	27	obl	_	_
33	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a neap tide | a tide |  |  |  | with the smallest difference between high water | tree rules |
| 2 | **happen** | present | a tide |  |  |  | month | twice *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **pull** | present | the Sun and Moon |  |  |  |  | to each; at right angles | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at angle=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
At neap tide the sea does not go out very far.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:neap:x1:1
# text = At neap tide the sea does not go out very far.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	neap	neap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:unmarked	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	out	out	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	very	very	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go out** | present · do-support |  |  |  | neap tide  the sea |  | far, out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Neap tides happen about twice a month.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:neap:x2:1
# text = Neap tides happen about twice a month.
1	Neap	neap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present | Neap tides |  |  |  | month | twice *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Spring tides are bigger than neap tides.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:neap:x3:1
# text = Spring tides are bigger than neap tides.
1	Spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	neap	neap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Spring tides |  |  |  |  | than neap tides; big *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fishermen waited for the neap tide to launch the boat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:neap:x4:1
# text = The fishermen waited for the neap tide to launch the boat.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fishermen	fisherman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	neap	neap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	launch	launch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past | the fishermen |  |  |  |  | for the neap tide | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **launch** | to-infinitive | the fishermen *not said here* | the boat |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
During neaps, the rock pools stay covered.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:neap:x5:1
# text = During neaps, the rock pools stay covered.
1	During	during	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	neaps	neap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	pools	pool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	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 | **cover** | present · passive |  | the rock pools |  |  | during neaps |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Moon at half full means a neap tide is near.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:neap:x6:1
# text = The Moon at half full means a neap tide is near.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	5	det:predet	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nmod	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	neap	neap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	near	near	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | the Moon at half full |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | a neap tide |  |  |  |  | near *property* | tree rules |

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