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title: rivulet — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «rivulet» in the school dictionary: A rivulet is a small stream of water, smaller than a river or brook. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# rivulet

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**Who acts:** rivulet, We, Clear water · **What happens:** be, run, paddle, trickle down · **To what, where:** small stream, old mill, feet, rivulet, stones

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A rivulet is a small stream of water, smaller than a river or brook.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rivulet:m1:1
# text = A rivulet is a small stream of water, smaller than a river or brook.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rivulet	rivulet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
11	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	brook	brook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a rivulet | a small stream |  |  |  | of water | 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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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A rivulet ran past the old mill.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rivulet:x1:1
# text = A rivulet ran past the old mill.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rivulet	rivulet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	past	past	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	mill	mill	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 | **run** | past | a rivulet |  |  | the old mill |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past mill=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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We paddled our feet in the rivulet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rivulet:x2:1
# text = We paddled our feet in the rivulet.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	paddled	paddle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rivulet	rivulet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	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 | **paddle** | past | We | our feet |  | the rivulet |  |  | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent foot=Patient in rivulet=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Clear water trickled down the rivulet over the stones.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rivulet:x3:1
# text = Clear water trickled down the rivulet over the stones.
1	Clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	trickled	trickle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rivulet	rivulet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trickle down** | participle | Clear water *not said here* | the rivulet |  | the stones |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rivulet=Source |

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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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