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title: roan — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «roan» in the school dictionary: Roan describes an animal, especially a horse or mule, whose coat is brown, red or black mixed with white or grey hairs. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# roan

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**Who acts:** Roan, coat, roan pony, He, roan horse · **What happens:** describe, be, mix, stand, ride, trot · **To what, where:** animal, roan mule, town

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Roan describes an animal, especially a horse or mule, whose coat is brown, red or black mixed with white or grey hairs.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roan:m1:1
# text = Roan describes an animal, especially a horse or mule, whose coat is brown, red or black mixed with white or grey hairs.
1	Roan	Roan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	mule	mule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	_
20	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	acl	_	_
21	with	with	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
22	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
23	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	conj	_	_
25	hairs	hair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | Roan | a animal |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent animal=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | coat |  |  |  |  | brown *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | coat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | coat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **mix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with white hairs | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with hair=Co-Patient |

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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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A roan is such an animal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roan:m2:1
# text = A roan is such an animal.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roan	roan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	6	det:predet	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	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 roan | such animal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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A roan pony stood by the gate.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roan:x1:1
# text = A roan pony stood by the gate.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	roan	roan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	pony	pony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | a roan pony |  |  |  |  | by the gate | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by gate=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He rode his roan mule to town.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roan:x2:1
# text = He rode his roan mule to town.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	roan	roan	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mule	mule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	town	town	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 | **ride** | past | He | his roan mule |  | town |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mule=Theme to town=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The roan horse trotted into the yard.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roan:x3:1
# text = The roan horse trotted into the yard.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	roan	roan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	trotted	trot	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trot** | past | the roan horse |  |  |  |  | into the yard | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into yard=Destination |

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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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