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title: paring — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «paring» in the school dictionary: A paring is a thin strip peeled or cut off the skin of a fruit or vegetable. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# paring

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**Who acts:** paring, pig, you, She · **What happens:** be, peel, cut off, eat, save, sweep up · **To what, where:** thin strip, skin, potato parings, trough, apple parings, cabbage parings

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A paring is a thin strip peeled or cut off the skin of a fruit or vegetable.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:paring:m1:1
# text = A paring is a thin strip peeled or cut off the skin of a fruit or vegetable.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	paring	paring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	strip	strip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	peeled	peel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	vegetable	vegetable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a paring | a thin strip |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **peel** | participle |  | a thin strip *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **cut off** | participle |  | the skin of a fruit or vegetable |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector skin=Eventuality |

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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 pig ate the potato parings from the trough.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:paring:x1:1
# text = The pig ate the potato parings from the trough.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	potato	potato	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	parings	paring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	trough	trough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | the pig | the potato parings |  | the trough |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paring=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Save the apple parings for the compost.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:paring:x2:1
# text = Save the apple parings for the compost.
1	Save	save	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	parings	paring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	compost	compost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | imperative | you *not said here* | the apple parings |  |  |  | for the compost | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent paring=Theme for compost=Source |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She swept up the cabbage parings from the floor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:paring:x3:1
# text = She swept up the cabbage parings from the floor.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swept	sweep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	cabbage	cabbage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	parings	paring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sweep up** | past | She | the cabbage parings |  | the floor |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent paring=Theme from floor=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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