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title: recline — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «recline» in the school dictionary: To lean or lie back in a relaxed way, often resting on something. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# recline

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**Who acts:** Grandad, She · **What happens:** lean, lie back, rest, like, recline, read · **To what, where:** relaxed way, something, armchair, cat, warm rug, pile

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To lean or lie back in a relaxed way, often resting on something.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recline:m1:1
# text = To lean or lie back in a relaxed way, often resting on something.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	lean	lean	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	lie	lie	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	relaxed	relaxed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	often	often	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	resting	rest	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lean** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **lie back** | infinitive |  |  |  | a relaxed way |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in way=Location |
| 3 | **rest** | gerund |  |  |  | something |  | often *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on something=Location |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Grandad likes to recline in his armchair after lunch.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recline:x1:1
# text = Grandad likes to recline in his armchair after lunch.
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	recline	recline	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	armchair	armchair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | Grandad |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **recline** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Grandad *not said here* |  |  | Grandad's armchair after lunch |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in armchair=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The cat reclined on the warm rug.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recline:x2:1
# text = The cat reclined on the warm rug.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	reclined	recline	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	rug	rug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **recline** | participle |  | the cat *not said here* |  | the warm rug |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rug=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She reclined against a pile of cushions and read.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recline:x3:1
# text = She reclined against a pile of cushions and read.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reclined	recline	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	against	against	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cushions	cushion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recline** | past | She |  |  | a pile of cushions |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent against pile=Location |
| 2 | **read** | infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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