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title: stint — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «stint» in the school dictionary: A stint is a fixed period of work or time spent doing a job. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# stint

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**Who acts:** stint, We, She, He · **What happens:** fix, be, spend, do, hold back, mean · **To what, where:** fixed period, time, job, limit, stint, long stint

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A stint is a fixed period of work or time spent doing a job.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stint:m1:1
# text = A stint is a fixed period of work or time spent doing a job.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stint	stint	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	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	spent	spend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	acl	_	_
12	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a stint | a fixed period |  |  |  | of work or time | tree rules |
| 3 | **spend** | participle |  | time *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **do** | gerund |  | a job |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |

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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: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A stint is a limit or holding back; «without stint» means freely and in plenty, with nothing held back.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stint:m2:1
# text = A stint is a limit or holding back; «without stint» means freely and in plenty, with nothing held back.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stint	stint	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	limit	limit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	without	without	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	stint	stint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
15	freely	freely	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	plenty	plenty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	14	conj	_	_
22	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	acl	_	_
23	back	back	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	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 stint | a limit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold back** | gerund | a stint *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **mean** | present | stint |  |  |  |  | freely *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **hold back** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We ate without stint.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stint:x1:1
# text = We ate without stint.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	without	without	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	stint	stint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | We |  |  |  |  | without stint | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She did a stint as the cook.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stint:x2:1
# text = She did a stint as the cook.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stint	stint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | She | a stint |  |  |  | as the cook | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stint=Eventuality |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He worked a long stint at the mill.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stint:x3:1
# text = He worked a long stint at the mill.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	stint	stint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mill	mill	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 | **work** | past | He | a long stint |  | the mill |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent stint=Material |

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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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