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title: rascally — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «rascally» in the school dictionary: Naughty, sly or dishonest in a playful way; like a rascal (a cheeky, roguish person). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# rascally

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**Who acts:** rascally fox, He, rascally boys · **What happens:** steal, give, hide · **To what, where:** hen, rascally grin, chalk

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Naughty, sly or dishonest in a playful way; like a rascal (a cheeky, roguish person).

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rascally:m1:1
# text = Naughty, sly or dishonest in a playful way; like a rascal (a cheeky, roguish person).
1	Naughty	naughty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	sly	sly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	dishonest	dishonest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	playful	playful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	rascal	rascal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
14	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
16	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
18	roguish	roguish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The rascally fox stole the hen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rascally:x1:1
# text = The rascally fox stole the hen.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rascally	rascally	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | the rascally fox | the hen |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hen=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He gave a rascally grin.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rascally:x2:1
# text = He gave a rascally grin.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	rascally	rascally	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	grin	grin	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 | **give** | past | He | a rascally grin |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grin=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The rascally boys hid the teacher's chalk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rascally:x3:1
# text = The rascally boys hid the teacher's chalk.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rascally	rascally	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	chalk	chalk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | the rascally boys | the teacher's chalk |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chalk=Patient |

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