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title: netting — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «netting» in the school dictionary: Netting is material made of string, rope, wire or plastic threads tied or woven into a mesh with holes. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# netting

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**Who acts:** Netting, We, birds, trampoline, safety, builders · **What happens:** be, make, tie, weave, mean, catch · **To what, where:** material, plastic threads, mesh, something, net, goal

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«netting» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [netting in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/netting.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Netting is material made of string, rope, wire or plastic threads tied or woven into a mesh with holes.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:netting:m1:1
# text = Netting is material made of string, rope, wire or plastic threads tied or woven into a mesh with holes.
1	Netting	netting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	wire	wire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	threads	thread	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
14	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	woven	weave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	conj	_	_
17	into	into	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	mesh	mesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Netting | material |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | material *not said here* |  |  |  | of string and rope and wire or plastic threads | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **tie** | participle |  | plastic threads *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **weave** | participle |  |  |  | a mesh with holes |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into mesh=Destination |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Netting (verb form) means catching something in a net, or scoring a goal, or earning money after costs.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:netting:m2:1
# text = Netting (verb form) means catching something in a net, or scoring a goal, or earning money after costs.
1	Netting	netting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	verb	verb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	4	punct	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	catching	catch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	scoring	score	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	conj	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	earning	earn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	conj	_	_
20	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
21	after	after	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	costs	cost	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Netting |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **catch** *not said to happen* | gerund | Netting *not said here* | something |  | a net |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme |
| 3 | **score** | gerund | Netting *not said here* | a goal |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goal=Theme |
| 4 | **earn** | gerund | Netting *not said here* | money |  |  | after costs |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We put netting over the strawberries so the birds could not eat them.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:netting:x1:1
# text = We put netting over the strawberries so the birds could not eat them.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	netting	net	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	strawberries	strawberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past | We |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **net** | gerund | We *not said here* |  |  | the strawberries |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **eat** | could | the birds | strawberries *= strawberry* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The trampoline has safety netting around it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:netting:x2:1
# text = The trampoline has safety netting around it.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trampoline	trampoline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	netting	net	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	around	around	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	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 | **have** | present | the trampoline | safety |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent safety=Patient |
| 2 | **net** | gerund | safety *not said here* |  |  | trampoline |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A hedgehog got tangled in the garden netting.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:netting:x3:1
# text = A hedgehog got tangled in the garden netting.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	tangled	tangle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	netting	netting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tangle** | past · passive |  | a hedgehog |  | the garden netting |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The builders hung green netting over the scaffolding.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:netting:x4:1
# text = The builders hung green netting over the scaffolding.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	builders	builder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hung	hang	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	netting	netting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	scaffolding	scaffolding	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 | **hang** | past | the builders | green netting |  | the scaffolding |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent netting=Theme over scaffolding=Destination |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Old fishing netting on the beach can trap seabirds.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:netting:x5:1
# text = Old fishing netting on the beach can trap seabirds.
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	fishing	fishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	netting	net	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	trap	trap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	seabirds	seabird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **net** | gerund | Old fishing *not said here* |  |  | the beach |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **trap** | can | Old fishing | seabirds |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seabird=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The striker was netting goals every week.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:netting:x6:1
# text = The striker was netting goals every week.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	striker	striker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	netting	net	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	goals	goal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **net** | past · progressive | the striker | goals |  |  | week |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme goal=Value |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dad cut a piece of netting to cover the pond.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:netting:x7:1
# text = Dad cut a piece of netting to cover the pond.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	netting	net	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	cover	cover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | past | Dad | a piece |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Product |
| 2 | **net** | gerund | a piece *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **cover** | to-infinitive | a piece *not said here* | the pond |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pond=Destination |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The netting has holes small enough to keep out pigeons.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:netting:x8:1
# text = The netting has holes small enough to keep out pigeons.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	netting	netting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
6	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the netting | holes |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hole=Patient |
| 2 | **keep out** | to-infinitive | the netting *not said here* | pigeons |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pigeon=Theme |

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