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title: prowl — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «prowl» in the school dictionary: To prowl is to move about quietly and secretly, often looking for food or for something to attack. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# prowl

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**What happens:** be, look, attack, prowl · **To what, where:** hungry wolf, farm, cat, wall

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To prowl is to move about quietly and secretly, often looking for food or for something to attack.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prowl:m1:1
# text = To prowl is to move about quietly and secretly, often looking for food or for something to attack.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	prowl	prowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	often	often	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	14	conj	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	attack	attack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | move, quietly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for food; often *property* | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for food=Theme |
| 3 | **attack** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 hungry wolf prowled around the farm.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prowl:x1:1
# text = The hungry wolf prowled around the farm.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	prowled	prowl	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	around	around	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prowl** | participle |  | the hungry wolf *not said here* |  | the farm |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around farm=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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A cat prowled along the wall.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prowl:x2:1
# text = A cat prowled along the wall.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	prowled	prowl	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	along	along	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prowl** | participle |  | a cat *not said here* |  | the wall |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along wall=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Who is prowling about in the dark garden?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prowl:x3:1
# text = Who is prowling about in the dark garden?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	prowling	prowl	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prowl** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  | about the dark garden | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about garden=Trajectory |

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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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