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title: pronged — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «pronged» in the school dictionary: Having prongs, that is, sharp points at the end. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# pronged

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**Who acts:** that, farmer, pronged fork, fisherman · **What happens:** have, be, lift, prong, spear · **To what, where:** sharp points, end, hay, three points, eel, pronged spear

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Having prongs, that is, sharp points at the end.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pronged:m1:1
# text = Having prongs, that is, sharp points at the end.
1	Having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	amod	_	_
2	prongs	prong	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that | sharp points |  |  | at the end |  | 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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The farmer lifted the hay with a pronged fork.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pronged:x1:1
# text = The farmer lifted the hay with a pronged fork.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lifted	lift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hay	hay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	pronged	prong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	fork	fork	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 | **lift** | past | the farmer | the hay |  |  |  | with a pronged fork | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hay=Theme |
| 2 | **prong** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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A three-pronged fork has three points.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pronged:x2:1
# text = A three-pronged fork has three points.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	pronged	prong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	fork	fork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prong** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | a pronged fork | three points |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The fisherman speared the eel on a pronged spear.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pronged:x3:1
# text = The fisherman speared the eel on a pronged spear.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	speared	spear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	eel	eel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	pronged	prong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	spear	spear	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 | **spear** | past | the fisherman | the eel |  | a pronged spear |  |  | vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eel=Patient |
| 2 | **prong** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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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