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title: scullery — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «scullery» in the school dictionary: A scullery is a small room at the back of a house or castle, where dishes and pots are washed. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# scullery

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**Who acts:** scullery, Catskin, She · **What happens:** be, wash, creep back · **To what, where:** small room, back, dishes, scullery

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A scullery is a small room at the back of a house or castle, where dishes and pots are washed.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scullery:m1:1
# text = A scullery is a small room at the back of a house or castle, where dishes and pots are washed.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scullery	scullery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
16	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	21	advmod	_	_
17	dishes	dish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	pots	pot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	_
20	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux:pass	_	_
21	washed	wash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a scullery | a small room |  | the back of a house or castle |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wash** | present · passive |  | dishes and pots |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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}

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Catskin crept back into the scullery.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scullery:x1:1
# text = Catskin crept back into the scullery.
1	Catskin	Catskin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	crept	creep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	scullery	scullery	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 | **creep back** | past | Catskin |  |  | the scullery |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into scullery=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The scullery was full of dirty pots.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scullery:x2:1
# text = The scullery was full of dirty pots.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scullery	scullery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pots	pot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the scullery |  |  |  |  | of dirty pots; full *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She washed the dishes in the scullery every night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scullery:x3:1
# text = She washed the dishes in the scullery every night.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	washed	wash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dishes	dish	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	scullery	scullery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | past | She | the dishes |  | the scullery | night |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dish=Patient |

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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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