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title: pullet — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «pullet» in the school dictionary: A pullet is a young hen, a female chicken that has not yet laid many eggs. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# pullet

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**Who acts:** pullet, farmer, We · **What happens:** be, not lay, keep, roast, cluck · **To what, where:** young hen, female chicken, dozen pullets, pullets, pullet

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A pullet is a young hen, a female chicken that has not yet laid many eggs.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pullet:m1:1
# text = A pullet is a young hen, a female chicken that has not yet laid many eggs.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pullet	pullet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	female	female	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
14	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	_
16	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a pullet | a young hen |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **lay** | present · perfect · passive |  | a female chicken |  |  | yet |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme egg=Destination |

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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 kept a dozen pullets in the yard.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pullet:x1:1
# text = The farmer kept a dozen pullets in the yard.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dozen	dozen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	pullets	pullet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	yard	yard	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 | **keep** | past | the farmer | dozen pullets |  |  |  | in the yard | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent pullet=Theme in yard=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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We are roasting pullets today.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pullet:x2:1
# text = We are roasting pullets today.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	roasting	roast	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	pullets	pullet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roast** | present · progressive | We | pullets |  |  | today |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pullet=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The pullet clucked at the fox.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pullet:x3:1
# text = The pullet clucked at the fox.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pullet	pullet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	clucked	cluck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fox	fox	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 | **cluck** | participle |  | the pullet *not said here* |  |  |  | at the fox | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at fox=Stimulus |

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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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