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title: rookery — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «rookery» in the school dictionary: A rookery is a group of rooks' nests high in the trees, or the place where rooks live together. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# rookery

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**Who acts:** rookery, rooks, playground · **What happens:** be, live together, build · **To what, where:** group, noisy crowded place, nests, rookery

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A rookery is a group of rooks' nests high in the trees, or the place where rooks live together.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rookery:m1:1
# text = A rookery is a group of rooks' nests high in the trees, or the place where rooks live together.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rookery	rookery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	rooks	rook	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	nests	nest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
10	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
18	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	20	advmod	_	_
19	rooks	rook	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
20	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
21	together	together	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a rookery | a group |  |  |  | of rooks's nests | tree rules |
| 2 | **live together** | present | rooks |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 rookery can also be any noisy, crowded place.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rookery:m2:1
# text = A rookery can also be any noisy, crowded place.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rookery	rookery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
7	noisy	noisy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	crowded	crowded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | a rookery | any noisy crowded place |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The rookery was loud at dawn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rookery:x1:1
# text = The rookery was loud at dawn.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rookery	rookery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dawn	dawn	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 rookery |  |  |  | dawn | loud *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Rooks built their nests in the rookery.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rookery:x2:1
# text = Rooks built their nests in the rookery.
1	Rooks	rook	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	nests	nest	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	rookery	rookery	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 | **build** | past | Rooks | Rooks's nests |  | the rookery |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The playground was a rookery at home time.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rookery:x3:1
# text = The playground was a rookery at home time.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	playground	playground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rookery	rookery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the playground | a rookery |  |  | time |  | tree rules |

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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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