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title: oaf — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «oaf» in the school dictionary: A clumsy or stupid person who is awkward and slow. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# oaf

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**Who acts:** clumsy person, you, oaf, He · **What happens:** be, not stand, drop · **To what, where:** plate, big clumsy oaf

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A clumsy or stupid person who is awkward and slow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oaf:m1:1
# text = A clumsy or stupid person who is awkward and slow.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	awkward	awkward	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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

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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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Don't stand there like an oaf!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oaf:x1:1
# text = Don't stand there like an oaf!
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	oaf	oaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **not** **stand** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  | there |  | like a oaf | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The oaf dropped the plate.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oaf:x2:1
# text = The oaf dropped the plate.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	oaf	oaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	plate	plate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | the oaf | the plate |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plate=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He is a big, clumsy oaf.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:oaf:x3:1
# text = He is a big, clumsy oaf.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	oaf	oaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | a big clumsy oaf |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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