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title: shaven — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «shaven» in the school dictionary: Shaven means cut very close, with hair or fur shaved off, so the skin shows. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# shaven

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**Who acts:** Shaven, hair, skin, monk, poodle, Bellissima · **What happens:** mean, cut, shave off, show, have, be · **To what, where:** shaven head · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Shaven means cut very close, with hair or fur shaved off, so the skin shows.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shaven:m1:1
# text = Shaven means cut very close, with hair or fur shaved off, so the skin shows.
1	Shaven	Shaven	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	shaved	shave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Shaven |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **cut** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | close *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **shave off** | participle | hair or fur |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **show** | present | the skin |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The monk had a shaven head.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shaven:x1:1
# text = The monk had a shaven head.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	monk	monk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	shaven	shaven	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the monk | a shaven head |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The poodle was so closely shaven that his skin showed pink.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shaven:x2:1
# text = The poodle was so closely shaven that his skin showed pink.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poodle	poodle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	closely	closely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	shaven	shaven	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the poodle |  |  |  |  | closely, shaven *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | past | poodle's skin |  |  |  |  | pink *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bellissima was small and smooth-shaven.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shaven:x3:1
# text = Bellissima was small and smooth-shaven.
1	Bellissima	Bellissima	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	smooth	smooth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	shaven	shaven	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Bellissima |  |  |  |  | small *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Bellissima *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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