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title: rainstorm — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «rainstorm» in the school dictionary: A storm with heavy rain, often with strong wind. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# rainstorm

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**Who acts:** rainstorm, We, you, rainbow · **What happens:** flood, shelter, hit, stop, not walk, be · **To what, where:** street, rainstorm, town, football match, floodwater

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A storm with heavy rain, often with strong wind.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rainstorm:m1:1
# text = A storm with heavy rain, often with strong wind.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	often	often	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The rainstorm flooded the street.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rainstorm:x1:1
# text = The rainstorm flooded the street.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rainstorm	rainstorm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	flooded	flood	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flood** | past | the rainstorm | the street |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent street=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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We sheltered from the rainstorm under a bridge.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rainstorm:x2:1
# text = We sheltered from the rainstorm under a bridge.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sheltered	shelter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rainstorm	rainstorm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shelter** | past | We |  |  | the rainstorm |  | under a bridge | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under bridge=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A rainstorm hit the town at night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rainstorm:x3:1
# text = A rainstorm hit the town at night.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rainstorm	rainstorm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	night	night	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 | **hit** | past | a rainstorm | the town |  |  | night |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme town=Co-Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The rainstorm stopped the football match.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rainstorm:x4:1
# text = The rainstorm stopped the football match.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rainstorm	rainstorm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past | the rainstorm | the football match |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality match=Eventuality |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Never walk through floodwater after a rainstorm.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rainstorm:x5:1
# text = Never walk through floodwater after a rainstorm.
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	floodwater	floodwater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rainstorm	rainstorm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | floodwater | after a rainstorm |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through floodwater=Trajectory |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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After the rainstorm there was a rainbow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rainstorm:x6:1
# text = After the rainstorm there was a rainbow.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rainstorm	rainstorm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	_	_
5	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | a rainbow |  |  | there | after the rainstorm |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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