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title: shrubbery — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «shrubbery» in the school dictionary: A shrubbery is an area in a garden or park planted with bushes and small trees. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# shrubbery

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**Who acts:** shrubbery, He, children · **What happens:** be, park, plant, walk, hide, play · **To what, where:** area, garden, shrubbery, deer

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A shrubbery is an area in a garden or park planted with bushes and small trees.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shrubbery:m1:1
# text = A shrubbery is an area in a garden or park planted with bushes and small trees.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shrubbery	shrubbery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	park	park	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	planted	plant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	xcomp	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	bushes	bush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a shrubbery | a area |  | a garden |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **park** | infinitive | a shrubbery *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **plant** | participle | a shrubbery *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with bushes and small trees | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with bush=Instrument |

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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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He walked into the shrubbery.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shrubbery:x1:1
# text = He walked into the shrubbery.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	shrubbery	shrubbery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | He |  |  |  |  | into the shrubbery *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into shrubbery=Result |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The deer was hidden in the shrubbery.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shrubbery:x2:1
# text = The deer was hidden in the shrubbery.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shrubbery	shrubbery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **hide** | past · passive |  | the deer |  | the shrubbery |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in shrubbery=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The children played among the shrubbery.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shrubbery:x3:1
# text = The children played among the shrubbery.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	among	among	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shrubbery	shrubbery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | the children |  |  |  |  | among the shrubbery | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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