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title: thievish — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «thievish» in the school dictionary: Thievish means fond of stealing, or like a thief in the way one acts. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# thievish

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**Who acts:** Thievish, one, thievish rabble, Pinkel, thievish fox · **What happens:** mean, act, say, give up, creep · **To what, where:** way, bad ways, hen house · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Thievish means fond of stealing, or like a thief in the way one acts.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thievish:m1:1
# text = Thievish means fond of stealing, or like a thief in the way one acts.
1	Thievish	thievish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fond	fond	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	stealing	stealing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	acts	act	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Thievish |  |  |  |  | fond *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **act** | present | one | the way *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent way=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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"The thievish rabble!" said the Thistle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thievish:x1:1
# text = "The thievish rabble!" said the Thistle.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	thievish	thievish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	rabble	rabble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Thistle	Thistle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the thievish rabble |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Pinkel gave up his bad and thievish ways.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thievish:x2:1
# text = Pinkel gave up his bad and thievish ways.
1	Pinkel	Pinkel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	thievish	thievish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | past | Pinkel | Pinkel's bad ways |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Source |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A thievish fox crept into the hen house at night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thievish:x3:1
# text = A thievish fox crept into the hen house at night.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	thievish	thievish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	crept	creep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **creep** | past | a thievish fox |  |  | the hen house | night |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into house=Destination |

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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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