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title: pellet — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «pellet» in the school dictionary: A small hard ball or piece of something, such as food for animals, ice or metal. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# pellet

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**Who acts:** owl pellet, owl, We, you, fish, Owls · **What happens:** be, bring up, eat, find, give, bounce · **To what, where:** small lump, mouse bones, owl pellet, handful, rabbit, Ice pellets

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«pellet» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: [pellet in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pellet.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A small hard ball or piece of something, such as food for animals, ice or metal.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pellet:m1:1
# text = A small hard ball or piece of something, such as food for animals, ice or metal.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An owl pellet is a small lump of fur and bones that an owl brings up after eating.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pellet:m2:1
# text = An owl pellet is a small lump of fur and bones that an owl brings up after eating.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	pellet	pellet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obj	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	brings	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
17	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
18	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a owl pellet | a small lump |  |  |  | of fur and bones | tree rules |
| 2 | **bring up** | present | a owl | a small lump |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent that=Patient |
| 3 | **eat** | gerund | a owl *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We found mouse bones in the owl pellet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pellet:x1:1
# text = We found mouse bones in the owl pellet.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	pellet	pellet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | We | mouse bones |  | the owl pellet |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Give the rabbit a handful of pellets.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pellet:x2:1
# text = Give the rabbit a handful of pellets.
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	handful	handful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pellets	pellet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | a handful of pellets | the rabbit |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Recipient handful=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ice pellets bounced on the car roof.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pellet:x3:1
# text = Ice pellets bounced on the car roof.
1	Ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	pellets	pellet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	bounced	bounce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **bounce** | participle |  | Ice pellets *not said here* |  | the car roof |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on roof=Trajectory |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fish ate the tiny pellets.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pellet:x4:1
# text = The fish ate the tiny pellets.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fish	fish	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	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pellets	pellet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | the fish | the tiny pellets |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pellet=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Owls swallow small animals whole.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pellet:x5:1
# text = Owls swallow small animals whole.
1	Owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swallow	swallow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | present | Owls | small animals |  |  |  | whole *property* | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some stoves burn wood pellets.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pellet:x6:1
# text = Some stoves burn wood pellets.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	stoves	stove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	burn	burn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	pellets	pellet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **burn** | present | some stoves | wood pellets |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent pellet=Theme |

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