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title: shrivelled — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «shrivelled» in the school dictionary: Shrivelled means dried up and wrinkled, shrunk small and tight, like an old apple or a dead leaf. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# shrivelled

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**Who acts:** shrivelled frog, He, old dwarf · **What happens:** shrivell, mean, dry up, wrinkle, shrink, sit · **To what, where:** corner, sack, shrivelled face · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Shrivelled means dried up and wrinkled, shrunk small and tight, like an old apple or a dead leaf.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shrivelled:m1:1
# text = Shrivelled means dried up and wrinkled, shrunk small and tight, like an old apple or a dead leaf.
1	Shrivelled	shrivell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wrinkled	wrinkle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	shrunk	shrink	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
9	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shrivell** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **dry up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **wrinkle** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **shrink** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | like a old apple or a dead leaf; small *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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The shrivelled frog sat alone in the corner.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shrivelled:x1:1
# text = The shrivelled frog sat alone in the corner.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	shrivelled	shrivell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shrivell** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sit** | past | the shrivelled frog |  |  | the corner |  | alone *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He sold a sack of shrivelled apples.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shrivelled:x2:1
# text = He sold a sack of shrivelled apples.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	shrivelled	shrivell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past | He | a sack of shrivelled apples |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Theme |
| 2 | **shrivell** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The old dwarf had a shrivelled face.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shrivelled:x3:1
# text = The old dwarf had a shrivelled face.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	shrivelled	shrivell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the old dwarf | a shrivelled face |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient |
| 2 | **shrivell** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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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