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title: pulpy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «pulpy» in the school dictionary: Soft, wet and squashy, like pulp (the soft inside of fruit). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# pulpy

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**Who acts:** peaches, I, paper, you, tomatoes, He · **What happens:** not write, be, like, turn, mash, read · **To what, where:** pulpy orange juice, rain, bananas, pulpy adventure stories

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«pulpy» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: [pulpy in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pulpy.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Soft, wet and squashy, like pulp (the soft inside of fruit).

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pulpy:m1:1
# text = Soft, wet and squashy, like pulp (the soft inside of fruit).
1	Soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	squashy	squashy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	pulp	pulp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	inside	inside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: of stories — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cheap, exciting and not very well written, like old «pulp» magazines.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pulpy:m2:1
# text = Cheap, exciting and not very well written, like old «pulp» magazines.
1	Cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	exciting	exciting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
8	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	pulp	pulp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	magazines	magazine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | like old pulp magazines; well *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The peaches were soft and pulpy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pulpy:x1:1
# text = The peaches were soft and pulpy.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	peaches	peach	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	pulpy	pulpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **is** | past | the peaches |  |  |  |  | soft *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the peaches *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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I like pulpy orange juice.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pulpy:x2:1
# text = I like pulpy orange juice.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pulpy	pulpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	orange	orange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | I | pulpy orange juice |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot juice=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The paper turned pulpy in the rain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pulpy:x3:1
# text = The paper turned pulpy in the rain.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	pulpy	pulpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **turn** | past | the paper |  |  | the rain |  | pulpy *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in rain=Trajectory |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Mash the bananas until pulpy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pulpy:x4:1
# text = Mash the bananas until pulpy.
1	Mash	mash	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bananas	banana	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	until	until	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	pulpy	pulpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mash** | imperative | you *not said here* | the bananas |  |  | until pulpy |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banana=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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The tomatoes were overripe and pulpy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pulpy:x5:1
# text = The tomatoes were overripe and pulpy.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tomatoes	tomato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	overripe	overripe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	pulpy	pulpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **is** | past | the tomatoes |  |  |  |  | overripe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the tomatoes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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He reads pulpy adventure stories.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pulpy:x6:1
# text = He reads pulpy adventure stories.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reads	read	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pulpy	pulpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	adventure	adventure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | present | He | pulpy adventure stories |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Topic |

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