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title: teddy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «teddy» in the school dictionary: A teddy (or teddy bear) is a soft toy bear made of furry cloth and stuffed so it is cuddly. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# teddy

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**Who acts:** teddy, little brother, I, We, She, Grandma · **What happens:** be, make, stuff, sleep, have, bring · **To what, where:** soft toy bear, favourite soft cuddly toy, teddy, baby, teddies, picnic

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A teddy (or teddy bear) is a soft toy bear made of furry cloth and stuffed so it is cuddly.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:teddy:m1:1
# text = A teddy (or teddy bear) is a soft toy bear made of furry cloth and stuffed so it is cuddly.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teddy	teddy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
3	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	teddy	teddy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
13	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	furry	furry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	stuffed	stuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	_
19	so	so	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
22	cuddly	cuddly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a teddy | a soft toy bear |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | a soft toy bear *not said here* |  |  |  | of furry cloth | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **stuff** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | present | teddy |  |  |  |  | cuddly *property* | tree rules |

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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 -->
A teddy can also be any favourite soft cuddly toy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:teddy:m2:1
# text = A teddy can also be any favourite soft cuddly toy.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teddy	teddy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
7	favourite	favourite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
8	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	cuddly	cuddly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | a teddy | any favourite soft cuddly toy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My little brother sleeps with his teddy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:teddy:x1:1
# text = My little brother sleeps with his teddy.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sleeps	sleep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	teddy	teddy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **sleep** | present | My little brother |  |  |  |  | with brother's teddy | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I've had this teddy since I was a baby.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:teddy:x2:1
# text = I've had this teddy since I was a baby.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	teddy	teddy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · perfect | I | this teddy |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teddy=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | past | I | a baby |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We brought our teddies to the teddy bears' picnic.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:teddy:x3:1
# text = We brought our teddies to the teddy bears' picnic.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	teddies	teddy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	teddy	teddy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	picnic	picnic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | We | our teddies |  | the teddy bears's picnic |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent teddy=Theme to picnic=Destination |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The teddy has a red bow tie.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:teddy:x4:1
# text = The teddy has a red bow tie.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teddy	teddy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tie	tie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the teddy | a red bow tie |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tie=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She hugged her teddy when she was scared.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:teddy:x5:1
# text = She hugged her teddy when she was scared.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hugged	hug	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	teddy	teddy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hug** | past | She | her teddy |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teddy=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The teddy bear was named after a president.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:teddy:x6:1
# text = The teddy bear was named after a president.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	teddy	teddy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bear	bear	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	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	president	president	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | past · passive |  | the teddy bear |  |  | after a president |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My teddy lost an eye, so Grandma sewed on a button.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:teddy:x7:1
# text = My teddy lost an eye, so Grandma sewed on a button.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teddy	teddy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	Grandma	Grandma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sewed	sew	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	button	button	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | My teddy | a eye |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sew** | past | Grandma |  |  | a button |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on button=Destination |

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