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title: porthole — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «porthole» in the school dictionary: A porthole is a small round window in the side of a ship or boat. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# porthole

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**Who acts:** porthole, She, grimy porthole, seagull · **What happens:** be, peer, see through, sit · **To what, where:** small round window, side, rail

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A porthole is a small round window in the side of a ship or boat.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:porthole:m1:1
# text = A porthole is a small round window in the side of a ship or boat.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	porthole	porthole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 porthole | a small round window |  | the side of a ship or boat |  |  | tree rules |

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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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She peered out of the porthole at the grey sea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:porthole:x1:1
# text = She peered out of the porthole at the grey sea.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	peered	peer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	porthole	porthole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peer** | past | She |  |  |  |  | at the grey sea; out the porthole | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent out porthole=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The grimy porthole was hard to see through.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:porthole:x2:1
# text = The grimy porthole was hard to see through.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	grimy	grimy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	porthole	porthole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	through	through	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the grimy porthole |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see through** | to-infinitive | the grimy porthole *not said here* |  |  |  |  | through *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A seagull sat on the rail beside the porthole.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:porthole:x3:1
# text = A seagull sat on the rail beside the porthole.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	seagull	seagull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rail	rail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	porthole	porthole	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 | **sit** | past | a seagull |  |  | the rail |  | beside the porthole | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on rail=Location |

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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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