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title: outstrip — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «outstrip» in the school dictionary: To outstrip someone is to go faster than them and leave them behind. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# outstrip

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**Who acts:** hare, She, He · **What happens:** outstrip, be, leave, run · **To what, where:** someone, them, tortoise, wind, others

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To outstrip someone is to go faster than them and leave them behind.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:outstrip:m1:1
# text = To outstrip someone is to go faster than them and leave them behind.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	outstrip	outstrip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **outstrip** | to-infinitive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot someone=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fast, go *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **leave** | infinitive |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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}

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The hare outstrips the tortoise.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:outstrip:x1:1
# text = The hare outstrips the tortoise.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	outstrips	outstrip	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tortoise	tortoise	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 | **outstrip** | present | the hare | the tortoise |  |  |  |  | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot tortoise=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She outstripped the wind as she ran home.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:outstrip:x2:1
# text = She outstripped the wind as she ran home.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	outstripped	outstrip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	home	home	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **outstrip** | past | She | the wind |  |  |  |  | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot wind=Theme |
| 2 | **run** | past | she |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He outstripped the others in the race.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:outstrip:x3:1
# text = He outstripped the others in the race.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	outstripped	outstrip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **outstrip** | past | He | the others |  |  |  | in the race | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot other=Theme in race=Attribute |

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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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