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title: pedal — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «pedal» in the school dictionary: A part you push with your foot to make a bike move. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# pedal

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**Who acts:** you, bike, I, car, She, foot · **What happens:** push, make, press, control, go, pedal · **To what, where:** part, bike move, machine, pedals, bike, hill

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«pedal» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [pedal in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pedal.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A part you push with your foot to make a bike move.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pedal:m1:1
# text = A part you push with your foot to make a bike move.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	push	push	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | present | you | a part |  |  |  | with your foot | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a bike move |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset move=Product |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A part you press with your foot to control a machine, car or piano.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pedal:m2:1
# text = A part you press with your foot to control a machine, car or piano.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	press	press	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	control	control	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	piano	piano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | present | you | a part |  |  |  | with your foot | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme |
| 2 | **control** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a machine and car or piano |  |  |  |  | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent machine=Theme |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

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Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To push the pedals of a bike to make it go.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pedal:m3:1
# text = To push the pedals of a bike to make it go.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pedals	pedal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | to-infinitive |  | the pedals of a bike |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pedal=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | bike |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive | bike *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **pedal** |  | a bike |  |  |  |  |  | nom pedal «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Push down on the pedals to make the bike go.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pedal:x1:1
# text = Push down on the pedals to make the bike go.
1	Push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pedals	pedal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push down** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on the pedals | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on pedal=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the bike |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive | the bike *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I pedalled up the hill.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pedal:x2:1
# text = I pedalled up the hill.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pedalled	pedall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pedall up** | past | I | the hill |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The car has a brake pedal and a gas pedal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pedal:x3:1
# text = The car has a brake pedal and a gas pedal.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	brake	brake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	pedal	pedal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	pedal	pedal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the car | a brake pedal and a gas pedal |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pedal=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Press the piano pedal to make the note last longer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pedal:x4:1
# text = Press the piano pedal to make the note last longer.
1	Press	press	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	piano	piano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	pedal	pedal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	last	last	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | imperative | you *not said here* | the piano pedal |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pedal=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the note |  |  |  | long *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset note=Product |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She pedalled as fast as she could.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pedal:x5:1
# text = She pedalled as fast as she could.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pedalled	pedall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
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	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pedall** | past | She |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Put the rubbish in the pedal bin.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pedal:x6:1
# text = Put the rubbish in the pedal bin.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	pedal	pedal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bin	bin	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 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | the rubbish |  | the pedal bin |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rubbish=Theme in bin=Destination |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My foot slipped off the pedal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pedal:x7:1
# text = My foot slipped off the pedal.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pedal	pedal	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 | **slip off** | past | My foot | the pedal |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent pedal=Patient |

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