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title: snowshoe — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «snowshoe» in the school dictionary: A snowshoe is a wide flat frame you tie under your boot so you can walk on deep snow without sinking. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# snowshoe

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**Who acts:** snowshoe, you, snowshoe hare, big furry feet, We, Snowshoes · **What happens:** be, tie, walk, sink, snowshoe, mean · **To what, where:** wide flat frame, boot, deep snow, snow, snowshoes, hare · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«snowshoe» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: [snowshoe in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/snowshoe.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A snowshoe is a wide flat frame you tie under your boot so you can walk on deep snow without sinking.

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snowshoe:m1:1
# text = A snowshoe is a wide flat frame you tie under your boot so you can walk on deep snow without sinking.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	snowshoe	snowshoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	frame	frame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	tie	tie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	under	under	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	boot	boot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
21	sinking	sink	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a snowshoe | a wide flat frame |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tie** | present | you | a wide flat frame *not said here* |  | your boot |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frame=Patient |
| 3 | **walk** | can | you |  |  | deep snow |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on snow=Trajectory |
| 4 | **sink** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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 -->
To snowshoe means to walk on snow wearing snowshoes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snowshoe:m2:1
# text = To snowshoe means to walk on snow wearing snowshoes.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	snowshoe	snowshoe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
9	snowshoes	snowshoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snowshoe** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **walk** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | snow |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on snow=Trajectory |
| 4 | **wear** | gerund |  | snowshoes |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent snowshoe=Source |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A snowshoe hare is a hare with big furry feet that turns white in winter.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snowshoe:m3:1
# text = A snowshoe hare is a hare with big furry feet that turns white in winter.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	snowshoe	snowshoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	furry	furry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a snowshoe hare | a hare |  |  |  | with big furry feet | tree rules |
| 2 | **turn** | present | big furry feet |  |  |  | winter | white *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We strapped on snowshoes and crossed the meadow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snowshoe:x1:1
# text = We strapped on snowshoes and crossed the meadow.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	strapped	strap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	snowshoes	snowshoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	crossed	cross	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	meadow	meadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strap** | past | We |  |  |  |  | on snowshoes | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient on snowshoe=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **cross** | past | We *not said here* | the meadow |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meadow=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Snowshoes stop you sinking into deep snow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snowshoe:x2:1
# text = Snowshoes stop you sinking into deep snow.
1	Snowshoes	snowshoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	sinking	sink	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | Snowshoes | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sink** | gerund | Snowshoes *not said here* |  |  | deep snow |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Indigenous peoples of North America invented many kinds of snowshoe.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snowshoe:x3:1
# text = Indigenous peoples of North America invented many kinds of snowshoe.
1	Indigenous	indigenous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	invented	invent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	kinds	kind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	snowshoe	snowshoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | past | Indigenous peoples of North America | many kinds of snowshoe |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Result |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We went snowshoeing in the mountains in Canada.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snowshoe:x4:1
# text = We went snowshoeing in the mountains in Canada.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	snowshoeing	snowshoe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | We |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **snowshoe** | gerund | We *not said here* |  |  | the mountains |  | in Canada | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The snowshoe hare turns white in winter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snowshoe:x5:1
# text = The snowshoe hare turns white in winter.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	snowshoe	snowshoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | the snowshoe hare |  |  |  | winter | white *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bigger snowshoes spread your weight over more snow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snowshoe:x6:1
# text = Bigger snowshoes spread your weight over more snow.
1	Bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	snowshoes	snowshoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	spread	spread	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | present | Bigger snowshoes | your weight |  | more snow |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent weight=Theme over snow=Destination |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I was just thinking what good snowshoes it would make,” answered the fox in an absent voice, as if he was not thinking of what he was saying.

<!-- fold The tree, 28 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snowshoe:x7:1
# text = I was just thinking what good snowshoes it would make,” answered the fox in an absent voice, as if he was not thinking of what he was saying.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	snowshoes	snowshoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
13	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	absent	absent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
21	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
22	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
24	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
25	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	26	advmod	_	_
26	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	26	obl	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
30	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
31	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	28	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | would | good snowshoes |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset what=Product |
| 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past |  |  | the fox | a absent voice |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent fox=Eventuality |
| 4 | **not** **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past · progressive | fox |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past · progressive | fox |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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