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title: sprit — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «sprit» in the school dictionary: A sprit is a thin, stiff stalk of rush or reed, used to tie things, such as halters for cattle. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# sprit

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**Who acts:** sprit, pole, goodman, Binnings · **What happens:** be, use, tie, slant, plait, make · **To what, where:** thin stiff stalk, things, pole, sail, sprit binnings, halters

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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A sprit is a thin, stiff stalk of rush or reed, used to tie things, such as halters for cattle.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sprit:m1:1
# text = A sprit is a thin, stiff stalk of rush or reed, used to tie things, such as halters for cattle.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sprit	sprit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	stiff	stiff	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	stalk	stalk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	rush	rush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	reed	reed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	parataxis	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	tie	tie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
17	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	21	case	_	_
20	as	as	ADP	IN	_	19	fixed	_	_
21	halters	halter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
22	for	for	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a sprit | a thin stiff stalk |  |  |  | of rush or reed | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **tie** | to-infinitive |  | things |  |  |  | such halters for cattle | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=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}

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Usage: sailing — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A sprit is a pole that slants across a sail.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sprit:m2:1
# text = A sprit is a pole that slants across a sail.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sprit	sprit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	slants	slant	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	across	across	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sail	sail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a sprit | a pole |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **slant** | present | a pole |  |  | a sail |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across sail=Location |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The goodman was plaiting sprit-binnings for the cows.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sprit:x1:1
# text = The goodman was plaiting sprit-binnings for the cows.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goodman	goodman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	plaiting	plait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	sprit	sprit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	binnings	binning	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plait** | past · progressive | the goodman | sprit binnings |  |  |  | for the cows | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent binning=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Binnings are halters for cattle made of sprit or rushes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sprit:x2:1
# text = Binnings are halters for cattle made of sprit or rushes.
1	Binnings	binning	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	halters	halter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sprit	sprit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	rushes	rush	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Binnings | halters |  |  |  | for cattle | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | cattle *not said here* |  |  |  | of sprit | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **rush** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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