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title: snaky — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «snaky» in the school dictionary: Snaky means like a snake: long, winding, or twisting. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# snaky

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**Who acts:** Snaky, Snaky hair, hair, Worm · **What happens:** mean, wind, twist, look, be, uncoil · **To what, where:** snaky body

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«snaky» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [snaky in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/snaky.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Snaky means like a snake: long, winding, or twisting.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snaky:m1:1
# text = Snaky means like a snake: long, winding, or twisting.
1	Snaky	snaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	winding	wind	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	twisting	twist	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Snaky |  |  |  |  | like a snake | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wind** | gerund | Snaky *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **twist** | gerund | Snaky *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Snaky hair or locks look like coiled snakes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snaky:m2:1
# text = Snaky hair or locks look like coiled snakes.
1	Snaky	snaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	locks	lock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	coiled	coiled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | Snaky hair or locks |  |  |  |  | like coiled snakes | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Medusa's hair was full of snaky locks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snaky:x1:1
# text = Medusa's hair was full of snaky locks.
1	Medusa	Medusa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	snaky	snaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	locks	lock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Medusa's hair |  |  |  |  | of snaky locks; full *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The river wound in snaky bends.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snaky:x2:1
# text = The river wound in snaky bends.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	wound	wound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	snaky	snaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bends	bend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The Worm uncoiled its snaky body from the hill.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snaky:x3:1
# text = The Worm uncoiled its snaky body from the hill.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	uncoiled	uncoil	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	snaky	snaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **uncoil** | past | the Worm | Worm's snaky body |  |  |  | from the hill | vn separate-23.1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent body=Patient from hill=Co-Patient |

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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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