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title: spangled — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «spangled» in the school dictionary: Spangled means covered with small, shiny bits, like sparkling spots or stars. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# spangled

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**Who acts:** leaves · **What happens:** spangle, mean, cover, sparkle, glitter · **To what, where:** dress, sun., night sky · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Spangled means covered with small, shiny bits, like sparkling spots or stars.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spangled:m1:1
# text = Spangled means covered with small, shiny bits, like sparkling spots or stars.
1	Spangled	spangle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	sparkling	sparkle	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	amod	_	_
12	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spangle** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **cover** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with small shiny bits like sparkling spots or stars | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with bit=Theme |
| 4 | **sparkle** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP 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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The dress was spangled with silver stars.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spangled:x1:1
# text = The dress was spangled with silver stars.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	spangled	spangle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spangle** | past · passive |  | the dress |  |  |  | with silver stars | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The leaves glittered, diamond-spangled in the sun.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spangled:x2:1
# text = The leaves glittered, diamond-spangled in the sun.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	glittered	glitter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	diamond	diamond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	spangled	spangle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sun.	sun.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glitter** | past | the leaves |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **spangle** | participle | the leaves *not said here* |  |  | the sun. |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The night sky was spangled with stars.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spangled:x3:1
# text = The night sky was spangled with stars.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	spangled	spangle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spangle** | past · passive |  | the night sky |  |  |  | with stars | tree rules |

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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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