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title: scythe — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «scythe» in the school dictionary: A long curved blade on a long handle, swung to cut grass or corn. Old pictures of Father Time also show him carrying one. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# scythe

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**Who acts:** Old pictures, Farmers, men, old man · **What happens:** curve, swing, cut, show, carry, come · **To what, where:** grass, him, one, long grass, scythe

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A long curved blade on a long handle, swung to cut grass or corn. Old pictures of Father Time also show him carrying one.

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*Sentence 1:* A long curved blade on a long handle, swung to cut grass or corn.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scythe:m1:1
# text = A long curved blade on a long handle, swung to cut grass or corn.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	curved	curve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	handle	handle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	swung	swing	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material |
| 2 | **swing** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **cut** | to-infinitive |  | grass or corn |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset grass=Product |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Old pictures of Father Time also show him carrying one.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scythe:m1:2
# text = Old pictures of Father Time also show him carrying one.
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Time	Time	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	also	also	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
9	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | Old pictures of Father Time |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **carry** | gerund | Old pictures of Father Time *not said here* | one |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Farmers cut the long grass with a scythe.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scythe:x1:1
# text = Farmers cut the long grass with a scythe.
1	Farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	scythe	scythe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **cut** | past | Farmers | the long grass |  |  |  | with a scythe | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient with scythe=Instrument |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Some men came with scythes and pitch-forks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scythe:x2:1
# text = Some men came with scythes and pitch-forks.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	scythes	scythe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	forks	fork	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | some men |  |  |  |  | with scythes and pitch forks | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Old Time is often drawn as an old man leaning on a scythe.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scythe:x3:1
# text = Old Time is often drawn as an old man leaning on a scythe.
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	Time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	often	often	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	leaning	lean	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	scythe	scythe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | present · passive |  |  |  |  | time | as a old man; often *property* | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: as man=Attribute |
| 2 | **lean** | gerund | a old man *not said here* |  |  | a scythe |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on scythe=Location |

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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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