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title: scour — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «scour» in the school dictionary: To scour is to rub something hard until it is clean and shiny. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# scour

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**Who acts:** scour, We, police, Mum · **What happens:** be, scour, lose · **To what, where:** pans, woods, sink

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To scour is to rub something hard until it is clean and shiny.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scour:m1:1
# text = To scour is to rub something hard until it is clean and shiny.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	scour	scour	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	rub	rub	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
8	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | rub *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | scour |  |  |  |  | clean *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | scour *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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To scour is to search every part of a place carefully and quickly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scour:m2:1
# text = To scour is to search every part of a place carefully and quickly.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	scour	scour	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	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | carefully, search *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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We scour the pans after supper.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scour:x1:1
# text = We scour the pans after supper.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	scour	scour	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pans	pan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	supper	supper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scour** | present | We | the pans |  |  | after supper |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent pan=Source |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The police scoured the woods for the lost dog.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scour:x2:1
# text = The police scoured the woods for the lost dog.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	scoured	scour	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scour** | past | the police | the woods |  |  |  | for the lost dog | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent wood=Location for dog=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum scours the sink every Friday.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scour:x3:1
# text = Mum scours the sink every Friday.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	scours	scour	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sink	sink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scour** | present | Mum | the sink |  |  | friday |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sink=Theme |

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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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