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title: pliant — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «pliant» in the school dictionary: Pliant means bendy and easy to bend or shape without breaking. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# pliant

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**Who acts:** Pliant, They, Young twigs, old wood, She · **What happens:** mean, bend, shape, break, weave, be · **To what, where:** net, pliant mind

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Pliant means bendy and easy to bend or shape without breaking.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pliant:m1:1
# text = Pliant means bendy and easy to bend or shape without breaking.
1	Pliant	pliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bendy	bendy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	bend	bend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	shape	shape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
10	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	breaking	break	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Pliant |  |  |  |  | bendy *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bend** | to-infinitive | Pliant *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **shape** | infinitive | Pliant *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 4 | **break** | gerund | Pliant *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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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They wove a net with the pliant willow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pliant:x1:1
# text = They wove a net with the pliant willow.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wove	weave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	pliant	pliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	willow	willow	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 | **weave** | past | They | a net |  |  |  | with the pliant willow | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent net=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Young twigs are pliant, but old wood is stiff.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pliant:x2:1
# text = Young twigs are pliant, but old wood is stiff.
1	Young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	twigs	twig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	pliant	pliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	stiff	stiff	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Young twigs |  |  |  |  | pliant *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | old wood |  |  |  |  | stiff *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She has a pliant mind and learns quickly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pliant:x3:1
# text = She has a pliant mind and learns quickly.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	pliant	pliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	learns	learn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	quickly	quickly	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 | **have** | present | She | a pliant mind |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient |
| 2 | **learn** | present | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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