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title: th — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «th» in the school dictionary: Not a full word: the two letters "t" and "h" that together make one sound, as in "the" or "think". Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# th

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**Who acts:** th, She, Today, you · **What happens:** make, think, come, write, buzz, be · **To what, where:** that, the, ordinal numbers, first sound, thumb, race · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«th» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: [th in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/th.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not a full word: the two letters "t" and "h" that together make one sound, as in "the" or "think".

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:th:m1:1
# text = Not a full word: the two letters "t" and "h" that together make one sound, as in "the" or "think".
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	t	t	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	h	H	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	obj	_	_
17	together	together	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
19	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	nummod	_	_
20	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
22	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	25	punct	_	_
27	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	think	think	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	18	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present |  | that |  |  |  | together *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  | the |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The ending "-th" that makes ordinal numbers: 4th, 5th, 20th.

<!-- fold The tree, 10 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:th:m2:1
# text = The ending "-th" that makes ordinal numbers: 4th, 5th, 20th.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ending	ending	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	th	th	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	ordinal	ordinal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
12	4th	4th	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	5th	5th	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	20th	20th	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | th | ordinal numbers |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset number=Product |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An abbreviation, for example "Th" for Thursday.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:th:m3:1
# text = An abbreviation, for example "Th" for Thursday.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	abbreviation	abbreviation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	example	example	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Th	Th	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Thursday	Thursday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Th" makes the first sound in "thumb".

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:th:x1:1
# text = "Th" makes the first sound in "thumb".
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Th	th	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	thumb	thumb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Th | the first sound |  | thumb |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She came 4th in the race.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:th:x2:1
# text = She came 4th in the race.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	4th	4th	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	2	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | She |  |  | the race |  | 4th *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in race=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
One tenth is written 1/10.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:th:x3:1
# text = One tenth is written 1/10.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	tenth	tenth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	1/10	1/10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present · passive |  | One tenth |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient 1/10=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The "th" in "this" buzzes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:th:x4:1
# text = The "th" in "this" buzzes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	th	th	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	buzzes	buzz	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buzz** | present | the th |  |  | this |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in this=Location |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Today is the 9th.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:th:x5:1
# text = Today is the 9th.
1	Today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	9th	9th	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Today | the 9th |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Write the "th" in "bath" carefully.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:th:x6:1
# text = Write the "th" in "bath" carefully.
1	Write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	th	th	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | imperative | you *not said here* | the th |  | bath |  | carefully *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent th=Theme in bath=Destination |

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