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title: sidle — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «sidle» in the school dictionary: To sidle is to walk slowly and sideways, moving quietly and a little shyly, often to avoid notice. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# sidle

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**Who acts:** little demon, He, one · **What happens:** sidle, be, move, avoid, come, sidle up · **To what, where:** notice, cat, bowl, room

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To sidle is to walk slowly and sideways, moving quietly and a little shyly, often to avoid notice.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sidle:m1:1
# text = To sidle is to walk slowly and sideways, moving quietly and a little shyly, often to avoid notice.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sidle	sidle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sideways	sideways	ADV	RB	_	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
11	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	obl:unmarked	_	_
15	shyly	shyly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	often	often	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
20	notice	notice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sidle** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | slowly, walk *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **move** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | quietly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **avoid** | to-infinitive |  | notice |  |  |  | often *property* | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent notice=Location |

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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 -->
A little demon came sidling up.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sidle:x1:1
# text = A little demon came sidling up.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	demon	demon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	sidling	sidle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | a little demon |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sidle up** | gerund | a little demon *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cat sidled up to the bowl of milk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sidle:x2:1
# text = The cat sidled up to the bowl of milk.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	sidled	sidle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sidle up** | participle |  | the cat *not said here* |  | the bowl of milk |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to bowl=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He sidled out of the room when no one was looking.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sidle:x3:1
# text = He sidled out of the room when no one was looking.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sidled	sidle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	11	mark	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sidle** | past | He |  |  | the room |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out room=Trajectory |
| 2 | **look** | past · progressive | no one |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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