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title: scouring — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «scouring» in the school dictionary: Scouring means rubbing hard to make clean and shiny. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# scouring

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**Who acts:** Scouring, Dick, king, soldiers, We · **What happens:** mean, rub, make, search, scour, set · **To what, where:** place, pots, kitchen, soldiers, country, beach

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Scouring means rubbing hard to make clean and shiny.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scouring:m1:1
# text = Scouring means rubbing hard to make clean and shiny.
1	Scouring	scouring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rubbing	rub	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Scouring |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **rub** *not said to happen* | gerund | Scouring *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | Scouring *not said here* |  |  |  |  | clean *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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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Scouring means searching all over a place for someone or something.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scouring:m2:1
# text = Scouring means searching all over a place for someone or something.
1	Scouring	scouring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	searching	search	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nmod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Scouring |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **search** *not said to happen* | gerund | Scouring *not said here* | a place |  |  |  | for someone | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent place=Location for someone=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Dick was scouring the pots in the kitchen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scouring:x1:1
# text = Dick was scouring the pots in the kitchen.
1	Dick	Dick	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	scouring	scour	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pots	pot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	kitchen	kitchen	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 | **scour** | past · progressive | Dick | the pots |  | the kitchen |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent pot=Source |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The king set his soldiers scouring the country.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scouring:x2:1
# text = The king set his soldiers scouring the country.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	scouring	scour	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | past | the king | king's soldiers |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient soldier=Result |
| 2 | **scour** | gerund | king's soldiers *not said here* | the country |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent country=Source |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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We are scouring the beach for shells.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scouring:x3:1
# text = We are scouring the beach for shells.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	scouring	scour	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scour** | present · progressive | We | the beach |  |  |  | for shells | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent beach=Location for shell=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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