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title: scamper — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «scamper» in the school dictionary: To scamper is to run quickly with short light steps, like a small animal or a child running off. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# scamper

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**Who acts:** child, scamper, She, We · **What happens:** be, run off, scamper off, scamper away, scamper, have · **To what, where:** quick light run, wolves, mice, holes, sight, scamper

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«scamper» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [scamper in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/scamper.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To scamper is to run quickly with short light steps, like a small animal or a child running off.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scamper:m1:1
# text = To scamper is to run quickly with short light steps, like a small animal or a child running off.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	scamper	scamper	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	run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
19	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	acl	_	_
20	off	off	ADP	RP	_	19	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with short light steps; quickly, run *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **run off** | gerund | a child *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A scamper is a quick, light run.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scamper:m2:1
# text = A scamper is a quick, light run.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scamper	scamper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	light	light	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	run	run	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a scamper | a quick light run |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The wolves had scampered off.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scamper:x1:1
# text = The wolves had scampered off.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	scampered	scamper	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scamper off** | past · perfect · passive |  | the wolves |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The mice scampered away to their holes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scamper:x2:1
# text = The mice scampered away to their holes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	scampered	scamper	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	holes	hole	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 | **scamper away** | participle |  | the mice *not said here* |  | mice's holes |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to hole=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She scampered out of sight, with all the mice after her.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scamper:x3:1
# text = She scampered out of sight, with all the mice after her.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	scampered	scamper	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scamper** | past | She |  |  | sight |  | with all mice after her | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out sight=Trajectory |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We had a scamper across the field.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scamper:x4:1
# text = We had a scamper across the field.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	scamper	scamper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	across	across	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	field	field	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 | **have** | past | We | a scamper |  | the field |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scamper=Patient |

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