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title: rime — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «rime» in the school dictionary: Rime is white frost, a thin white coating of ice on trees, grass and bushes in cold weather. (old use). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# rime

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**Who acts:** Rime, grass, fields, trees · **What happens:** be, cover, morning, glitter · **To what, where:** white frost, fields, moonlight

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Rime is white frost, a thin white coating of ice on trees, grass and bushes in cold weather. (old use).

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*Sentence 1:* Rime is white frost, a thin white coating of ice on trees, grass and bushes in cold weather.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rime:m1:1
# text = Rime is white frost, a thin white coating of ice on trees, grass and bushes in cold weather.
1	Rime	rime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	coating	coating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	bushes	bush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Rime | white frost and a thin white coating of ice on trees |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* (old use).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rime:m1:2
# text = (old use).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The grass was white with rime.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rime:x1:1
# text = The grass was white with rime.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	rime	rime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the grass |  |  |  |  | with rime; white *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Rime covered the fields that frosty morning.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rime:x2:1
# text = Rime covered the fields that frosty morning.
1	Rime	rime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	covered	cover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	frosty	frosty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | past | Rime | the fields |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme field=Destination |
| 2 | **morning** |  | the fields |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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In the moonlight the trees glittered with rime.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rime:x3:1
# text = In the moonlight the trees glittered with rime.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	glittered	glitter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	rime	rime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glitter** | past | the trees |  |  | the moonlight |  | with rime | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in moonlight=Location |

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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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