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title: ogre — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ogre» in the school dictionary: An ogre is a huge, frightening giant in stories who eats people. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ogre

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**Who acts:** ogre, huge frightening giant stories, children · **What happens:** be, eat, live, get out, say, run · **To what, where:** huge frightening giant stories, people, cruel person, dark cave, ogre · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«ogre» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [ogre in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ogre.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An ogre is a huge, frightening giant in stories who eats people.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ogre:m1:1
# text = An ogre is a huge, frightening giant in stories who eats people.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ogre	ogre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
5	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	frightening	frightening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
8	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a ogre |  |  | a huge frightening giant stories |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | present | a huge frightening giant stories | people |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |

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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}

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An ogre is a very cruel or frightening person, as a joke.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ogre:m2:1
# text = An ogre is a very cruel or frightening person, as a joke.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ogre	ogre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	frightening	frightening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a ogre | a cruel person and a joke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The ogre lived in a dark cave.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ogre:x1:1
# text = The ogre lived in a dark cave.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ogre	ogre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cave	cave	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 | **live** | past | the ogre |  |  | a dark cave |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cave=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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«Get out, then!» said the ogre.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ogre:x2:1
# text = «Get out, then!» said the ogre.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
3	out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ogre	ogre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get out** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  | then | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the ogre |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The children ran from the ogre.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ogre:x3:1
# text = The children ran from the ogre.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ogre	ogre	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 | **run** | past | the children |  |  | the ogre |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from ogre=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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