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title: roebuck — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «roebuck» in the school dictionary: A roebuck is a male roe deer, a small wild deer of the woods, with short antlers. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# roebuck

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**Who acts:** roebuck, hunter · **What happens:** be, step out, find, run off · **To what, where:** male roe deer, roebuck, trees, wood, ferns

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A roebuck is a male roe deer, a small wild deer of the woods, with short antlers.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roebuck:m1:1
# text = A roebuck is a male roe deer, a small wild deer of the woods, with short antlers.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roebuck	roebuck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	male	male	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	roe	roe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	deer	deer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	parataxis	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	antlers	antler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a roebuck | a male roe deer |  |  |  |  | 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 roebuck stepped out from the trees.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roebuck:x1:1
# text = A roebuck stepped out from the trees.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roebuck	roebuck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	stepped	step	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	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 | **step out** | participle |  | a roebuck *not said here* |  | the trees |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from tree=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The hunter found a roebuck in the wood.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roebuck:x2:1
# text = The hunter found a roebuck in the wood.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	roebuck	roebuck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | the hunter | a roebuck |  | the wood |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roebuck=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The roebuck ran off among the ferns.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roebuck:x3:1
# text = The roebuck ran off among the ferns.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roebuck	roebuck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	among	among	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ferns	fern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 off** | past | the roebuck |  |  | the ferns |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among fern=Trajectory |

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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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