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title: rummage — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «rummage» in the school dictionary: To rummage is to search by moving things about with your hands, often in a messy heap, looking for something lost. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# rummage

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**Who acts:** I, They, servants, Dad · **What happens:** be, move, look, lose, rummage, find · **To what, where:** things, bag, corners, servants, nothing, rummage

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«rummage» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [rummage in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rummage.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To rummage is to search by moving things about with your hands, often in a messy heap, looking for something lost.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rummage:m1:1
# text = To rummage is to search by moving things about with your hands, often in a messy heap, looking for something lost.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	rummage	rummage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	search	search	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	often	often	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	messy	messy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	heap	heap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	20	obl	_	_
23	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | search *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | gerund |  | things |  |  |  | with your hands; about *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |
| 3 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for something | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for something=Theme |
| 4 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I rummaged in my bag for my keys.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rummage:x1:1
# text = I rummaged in my bag for my keys.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rummaged	rummage	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	keys	key	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rummage** | past | I |  |  | my bag |  | for my keys | vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in bag=Location for key=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They rummaged in all the corners of the house.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rummage:x2:1
# text = They rummaged in all the corners of the house.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rummaged	rummage	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	corners	corner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rummage** | past | They |  |  | all corners of the house |  |  | vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in corner=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The servants rummaged well, but found nothing.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rummage:x3:1
# text = The servants rummaged well, but found nothing.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	rummaged	rummage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rummage** | participle |  | the servants *not said here* |  |  |  | well *property* | vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **find** | past | the servants | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dad had a rummage in the attic for the old photos.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rummage:x4:1
# text = Dad had a rummage in the attic for the old photos.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rummage	rummage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	attic	attic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Dad | a rummage |  | the attic |  | for the old photos | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rummage=Patient |

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