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title: ragamuffin — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ragamuffin» in the school dictionary: A ragamuffin is a dirty child in ragged, worn-out clothes. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ragamuffin

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**Who acts:** ragamuffin, you · **What happens:** be, run off, look, tear, ragamuffin, say · **To what, where:** dirty child, ragged out clothes, rude name, giant · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A ragamuffin is a dirty child in ragged, worn-out clothes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ragamuffin:m1:1
# text = A ragamuffin is a dirty child in ragged, worn-out clothes.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ragamuffin	ragamuffin	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	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
8	ragged	ragged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	worn	worn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	out	out	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 ragamuffin | a dirty child |  | ragged out clothes |  |  | 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}

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A ragamuffin can also be a rude name for a shabby, poor person.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ragamuffin:m2:1
# text = A ragamuffin can also be a rude name for a shabby, poor person.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ragamuffin	ragamuffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
11	shabby	shabby	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | a ragamuffin | a rude name |  |  |  | for a shabby poor person | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The ragamuffin ran off with the apple.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ragamuffin:x1:1
# text = The ragamuffin ran off with the apple.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ragamuffin	ragamuffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	apple	apple	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 | **run off** | past | the ragamuffin |  |  |  |  | with the apple | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with apple=Material |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Look at that ragamuffin in torn clothes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ragamuffin:x2:1
# text = Look at that ragamuffin in torn clothes.
1	Look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	ragamuffin	ragamuffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	torn	tear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in torn clothes; at that ragamuffin | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at ragamuffin=Theme |
| 2 | **tear** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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«You ragamuffin!» said the giant.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ragamuffin:x3:1
# text = «You ragamuffin!» said the giant.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ragamuffin	ragamuffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
6	said	say	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	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **ragamuffin** *in a quote* |  | You |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | ragamuffin | the giant |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent giant=Topic |

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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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