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title: spec — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «spec» in the school dictionary: Spec is a dialect short form of «suspect» in the sense «suppose» or «reckon». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# spec

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**Who acts:** Spec, I, it, We · **What happens:** be, suppose, reckon, mean, spec, grow away · **To what, where:** dialect short form, dog · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Spec is a dialect short form of «suspect» in the sense «suppose» or «reckon».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spec:m1:1
# text = Spec is a dialect short form of «suspect» in the sense «suppose» or «reckon».
1	Spec	spec	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	dialect	dialect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	suspect	suspect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	suppose	suppose	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Spec | a dialect short form |  |  |  | of suspect in the sense | tree rules |
| 2 | **suppose** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **reckon** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I spec means I suppose.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spec:m1e:1
# text = I spec means I suppose.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	spec	spec	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	suppose	suppose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **suppose** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I spec I will grow away from it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spec:x1:1
# text = I spec I will grow away from it.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spec	spec	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	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 | **spec** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow away** | future | I |  |  |  |  | from it; away *property* | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP V NP.product PP.patient»: agent=Agent from it=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I spec it will rain today.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spec:x2:1
# text = I spec it will rain today.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spec	spec	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
6	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spec** | present | I |  |  |  | today |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **rain** | future | it |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We spec the dog has run home.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spec:x3:1
# text = We spec the dog has run home.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spec	spec	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	run	run	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spec** | present | We |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | present · perfect · passive |  | the dog |  |  |  | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Agent |

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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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