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title: snowbank — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «snowbank» in the school dictionary: A snowbank is a big pile or wall of snow, often made by wind or by snowploughs pushing snow to the side of a road. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# snowbank

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**Who acts:** snowbank, snowploughs, It, snowplough, car, We · **What happens:** be, make, push, leave, slide, jump off · **To what, where:** big pile, snow, side, long mound, huge snowbank, snowbank

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«snowbank» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [snowbank in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/snowbank.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A snowbank is a big pile or wall of snow, often made by wind or by snowploughs pushing snow to the side of a road.

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snowbank:m1:1
# text = A snowbank is a big pile or wall of snow, often made by wind or by snowploughs pushing snow to the side of a road.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	snowbank	snowbank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	often	often	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	snowploughs	snowplough	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	_
19	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	acl	_	_
20	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a snowbank | a big pile or wall of snow |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | a big pile or wall of snow *not said here* |  |  |  | by wind or snowploughs; often *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **push** | gerund | snowploughs *not said here* | snow |  | the side of a road |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent snow=Theme to side=Trajectory |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a long mound of snow along a road, path or field.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snowbank:m2:1
# text = It is a long mound of snow along a road, path or field.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mound	mound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	along	along	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a long mound |  |  |  | of snow; along a road and path or field | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The snowplough left a huge snowbank by our driveway.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snowbank:x1:1
# text = The snowplough left a huge snowbank by our driveway.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	snowplough	snowplough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	snowbank	snowbank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	driveway	driveway	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 | **leave** | past | the snowplough | a huge snowbank |  |  |  | by our driveway | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent snowbank=Theme by driveway=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The car slid into a snowbank.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snowbank:x2:1
# text = The car slid into a snowbank.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	slid	slide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	snowbank	snowbank	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 | **slide** | past | the car |  |  | a snowbank |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into snowbank=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We jumped off the snowbank into soft snow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snowbank:x3:1
# text = We jumped off the snowbank into soft snow.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	snowbank	snowbank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump off** | past | We | the snowbank |  | soft snow |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent snowbank=Theme into snow=Trajectory |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Snowbanks lined both sides of the street.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snowbank:x4:1
# text = Snowbanks lined both sides of the street.
1	Snowbanks	snowbank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lined	line	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **line** | past | Snowbanks | both sides of the street |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme side=Destination |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't build a fort in a snowbank next to the road.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snowbank:x5:1
# text = Don't build a fort in a snowbank next to the road.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	build	build	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fort	fort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	snowbank	snowbank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	next	next	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **build** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | a fort |  | a snowbank |  | next *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fort=Product |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The dog disappeared into the snowbank and came out white.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snowbank:x6:1
# text = The dog disappeared into the snowbank and came out white.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	disappeared	disappear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	snowbank	snowbank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	out	out	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disappear** | past | the dog |  |  | the snowbank |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **come out** | past | the dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out, white *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
After the blizzard the snowbanks were taller than me.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snowbank:x7:1
# text = After the blizzard the snowbanks were taller than me.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	blizzard	blizzard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	snowbanks	snowbank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	taller	tall	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the snowbanks |  |  |  | after the blizzard | than me; tall *property* | tree rules |

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