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title: pudgy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «pudgy» in the school dictionary: Pudgy means short, round and a little fat, usually used of small children or their hands and cheeks. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# pudgy

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**Who acts:** Pudgy, pudgy baby, pudgy fingers, pudgy toad · **What happens:** mean, use, laugh, clap, hold, sit · **To what, where:** little fat, spoon, stone

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Pudgy means short, round and a little fat, usually used of small children or their hands and cheeks.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pudgy:m1:1
# text = Pudgy means short, round and a little fat, usually used of small children or their hands and cheeks.
1	Pudgy	pudgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	round	round	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Pudgy |  |  |  |  | short *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | a little fat *not said here* |  |  |  | of small children or children's hands and cheeks; usually *property* | vn eat-39.1 «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 pudgy baby laughed and clapped.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pudgy:x1:1
# text = The pudgy baby laughed and clapped.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pudgy	pudgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	clapped	clap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past | the pudgy baby |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **clap** | past | the pudgy baby *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Her pudgy fingers held the spoon.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pudgy:x2:1
# text = Her pudgy fingers held the spoon.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	pudgy	pudgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spoon	spoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | Her pudgy fingers | the spoon |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spoon=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The pudgy toad sat on the stone.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pudgy:x3:1
# text = The pudgy toad sat on the stone.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pudgy	pudgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	toad	toad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | the pudgy toad |  |  | the stone |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stone=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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