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title: rabble — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «rabble» in the school dictionary: A rabble is a noisy, rough crowd of people who are not well behaved. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# rabble

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**Who acts:** rabble, guards, Thievish rabble · **What happens:** be, not behave, say, shout, drive, cry · **To what, where:** noisy rough crowd, people, gang, rabble, street, palace · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«rabble» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [rabble in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rabble.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A rabble is a noisy, rough crowd of people who are not well behaved.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rabble:m1:1
# text = A rabble is a noisy, rough crowd of people who are not well behaved.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rabble	rabble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	noisy	noisy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
14	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	_
15	behaved	behave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a rabble | a noisy rough crowd |  |  |  | of people | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **behave** | present · passive |  | people |  |  |  | well *property* | 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A rabble can also be a gang of rude, low people, said with scorn.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rabble:m2:1
# text = A rabble can also be a gang of rude, low people, said with scorn.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rabble	rabble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gang	gang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	scorn	scorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | a rabble | a gang |  |  |  | of rude low people | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  |  | with scorn | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with scorn=Manner |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The rabble shouted in the street.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rabble:x1:1
# text = The rabble shouted in the street.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rabble	rabble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	shouted	shout	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	street	street	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 | **shout** *speech: express* | participle |  | the rabble *not said here* |  | the street |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The guards drove the rabble out of the palace.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rabble:x2:1
# text = The guards drove the rabble out of the palace.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drove	drive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rabble	rabble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	palace	palace	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 | **drive** | past | the guards | the rabble |  | the palace |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent rabble=Theme out palace=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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«Thievish rabble!» cried the Thistle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rabble:x3:1
# text = «Thievish rabble!» cried the Thistle.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Thievish	thievish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rabble	rabble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
6	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Thistle	Thistle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	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 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Thievish rabble | the Thistle |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thistle=Topic |

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