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title: pitchy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «pitchy» in the school dictionary: Pitchy means as black as pitch, the sticky black stuff made from tar. Old use, found in fairy tales. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# pitchy

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**Who acts:** Pitchy, land, cave, hair · **What happens:** mean, make, find, be · **To what, where:** sticky black stuff, tar, Old use, fairy tales

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Pitchy means as black as pitch, the sticky black stuff made from tar. Old use, found in fairy tales.

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*Sentence 1:* Pitchy means as black as pitch, the sticky black stuff made from tar.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pitchy:m1:1
# text = Pitchy means as black as pitch, the sticky black stuff made from tar.
1	Pitchy	pitchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	sticky	sticky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
12	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	tar	tar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Pitchy |  |  |  |  | as black and the sticky black stuff | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as black=Attribute |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | the sticky black stuff *not said here* |  | tar |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from tar=Material |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Old use, found in fairy tales.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pitchy:m1:2
# text = Old use, found in fairy tales.
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	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 | **find** | participle |  | Old use *not said here* |  | fairy tales |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Upon the ground the land was pitchy black.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pitchy:x1:1
# text = Upon the ground the land was pitchy black.
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	pitchy	pitchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the land |  |  |  |  | upon the ground; black *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The cave was pitchy dark.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pitchy:x2:1
# text = The cave was pitchy dark.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	pitchy	pitchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the cave |  |  |  |  | dark *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Her hair was pitchy black.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pitchy:x3:1
# text = Her hair was pitchy black.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	pitchy	pitchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Her hair |  |  |  |  | black *property* | tree rules |

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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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