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title: nubbly — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «nubbly» in the school dictionary: Covered with small lumps or bumps; lumpy and knobbly to touch. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# nubbly

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**Who acts:** back, Tree bark, skin, I, rocks · **What happens:** cover, touch, make, feel, be, like · **To what, where:** old sweater, nubbly cover

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Covered with small lumps or bumps; lumpy and knobbly to touch.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nubbly:m1:1
# text = Covered with small lumps or bumps; lumpy and knobbly to touch.
1	Covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	lumps	lump	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	bumps	bump	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	lumpy	lumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	knobbly	knobbly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with small lumps or bumps | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with lump=Theme |
| 2 | **touch** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=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 -->
The old sweater was made of nubbly wool.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nubbly:x1:1
# text = The old sweater was made of nubbly wool.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sweater	sweater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	nubbly	nubbly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | the old sweater |  |  |  | of nubbly wool | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The crocodile's back felt nubbly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nubbly:x2:1
# text = The crocodile's back felt nubbly.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	nubbly	nubbly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | the crocodile's back |  |  |  |  | nubbly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Tree bark is rough and nubbly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nubbly:x3:1
# text = Tree bark is rough and nubbly.
1	Tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	nubbly	nubbly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Tree bark |  |  |  |  | rough *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Tree bark *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The toad's skin was dry and nubbly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nubbly:x4:1
# text = The toad's skin was dry and nubbly.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	toad	toad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	nubbly	nubbly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the toad's skin |  |  |  |  | dry *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the toad's skin *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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I like the nubbly cover of this notebook.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nubbly:x5:1
# text = I like the nubbly cover of this notebook.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	nubbly	nubbly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	notebook	notebook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | I | the nubbly cover of this notebook |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cover=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The rocks on the beach were nubbly with barnacles.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nubbly:x6:1
# text = The rocks on the beach were nubbly with barnacles.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	nubbly	nubbly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	barnacles	barnacle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the rocks on the beach |  |  |  |  | with barnacles; nubbly *property* | tree rules |

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