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title: redbreast — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «redbreast» in the school dictionary: Another name for a robin, a small bird with a red chest. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# redbreast

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**Who acts:** redbreast, poor girl · **What happens:** sing, hop, look, cook · **To what, where:** garden fence, lawn, redbreast

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Another name for a robin, a small bird with a red chest.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:redbreast:m1:1
# text = Another name for a robin, a small bird with a red chest.
1	Another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	robin	robin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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A redbreast sang on the garden fence.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:redbreast:x1:1
# text = A redbreast sang on the garden fence.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	redbreast	redbreast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	fence	fence	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 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | a redbreast |  |  | the garden fence |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on fence=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The redbreast hopped across the lawn looking for crumbs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:redbreast:x2:1
# text = The redbreast hopped across the lawn looking for crumbs.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	redbreast	redbreast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hopped	hop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	across	across	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	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 | **hop** | past | the redbreast |  |  | the lawn |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across lawn=Trajectory |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | the redbreast *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for crumbs | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for crumb=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the old tale, the poor girl cooked her redbreast.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:redbreast:x3:1
# text = In the old tale, the poor girl cooked her redbreast.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	cooked	cook	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	redbreast	redbreast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | past | the poor girl | girl's redbreast |  |  |  | in the old tale | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent redbreast=Patient in tale=Instrument |

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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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