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title: sketchbook — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «sketchbook» in the school dictionary: A book of plain, often thick, paper for drawing sketches and quick pictures. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# sketchbook

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**Who acts:** I, you, sketchbook, birds, Leonardo, teacher · **What happens:** draw, bring, be, fill, ask, glue · **To what, where:** cat, sketchbook, sketchbooks, art lesson, notebooks, us

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«sketchbook» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: [sketchbook in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sketchbook.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A book of plain, often thick, paper for drawing sketches and quick pictures.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sketchbook:m1:1
# text = A book of plain, often thick, paper for drawing sketches and quick pictures.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	often	often	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	sketches	sketch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A collection of a person's sketches or quick notes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sketchbook:m2:1
# text = A collection of a person's sketches or quick notes.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	collection	collection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	sketches	sketch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	notes	note	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I drew our cat in my sketchbook.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sketchbook:x1:1
# text = I drew our cat in my sketchbook.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	sketchbook	sketchbook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | I | our cat |  | my sketchbook |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cat=Theme in sketchbook=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bring your sketchbooks to the art lesson.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sketchbook:x2:1
# text = Bring your sketchbooks to the art lesson.
1	Bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	sketchbooks	sketchbook	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | imperative | you *not said here* | your sketchbooks |  | the art lesson |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sketchbook=Theme to lesson=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her sketchbook is full of drawings of birds.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sketchbook:x3:1
# text = Her sketchbook is full of drawings of birds.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sketchbook	sketchbook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	drawings	drawing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Her sketchbook |  |  |  |  | of drawings of birds; full *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **draw** |  | birds |  |  |  |  |  | nom drawing «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Leonardo da Vinci filled his notebooks with sketches.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sketchbook:x4:1
# text = Leonardo da Vinci filled his notebooks with sketches.
1	Leonardo	Leonardo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	da	Da	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	Vinci	Vinci	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
4	filled	fill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	notebooks	notebook	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sketches	sketch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **fill** | past | Leonardo | Leonardo's notebooks |  |  |  | with sketches | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent notebook=Patient with sketch=Instrument |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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The teacher asked us to glue leaf rubbings into our sketchbooks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sketchbook:x5:1
# text = The teacher asked us to glue leaf rubbings into our sketchbooks.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	glue	glue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	rubbings	rubbing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	sketchbooks	sketchbook	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the teacher |  | us |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **glue** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the teacher *not said here* | leaf rubbings |  | our sketchbooks |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rubbing=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I take a small sketchbook on holiday.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sketchbook:x6:1
# text = I take a small sketchbook on holiday.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sketchbook	sketchbook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	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 | **take** | present | I | a small sketchbook |  | holiday |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sketchbook=Theme on holiday=Destination |

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