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title: reedy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «reedy» in the school dictionary: Full of reeds, the tall grass-like plants that grow in water. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# reedy

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**Who acts:** tall like plants, ox, reedy bank · **What happens:** grow, come down, drink, croak, squeak · **To what, where:** water, reedy pool, frogs, reedy voice

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Full of reeds, the tall grass-like plants that grow in water.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reedy:m1:1
# text = Full of reeds, the tall grass-like plants that grow in water.
1	Full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	reeds	reed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
6	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
7	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	like	like	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | the tall like plants |  |  | water |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Of a voice, thin and high.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reedy:m2:1
# text = Of a voice, thin and high.
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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An ox came down to a reedy pool to drink.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reedy:x1:1
# text = An ox came down to a reedy pool to drink.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ox	ox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	reedy	reedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come down** | past | a ox |  |  | a reedy pool |  | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to pool=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **drink** | to-infinitive | a ox *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The frogs croaked by the reedy bank.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reedy:x2:1
# text = The frogs croaked by the reedy bank.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	croaked	croak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	reedy	reedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bank	bank	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 | **croak** | participle · passive | the reedy bank | the frogs |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Her reedy voice squeaked with fright.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reedy:x3:1
# text = Her reedy voice squeaked with fright.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	reedy	reedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	squeaked	squeak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	fright	fright	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squeak** | participle |  | Her reedy voice *not said here* |  |  |  | with fright | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with fright=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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