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title: thimbleful — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «thimbleful» in the school dictionary: A thimbleful is as much as a thimble can hold, a very small amount of liquid or food. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# thimbleful

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**Who acts:** thimbleful, thimble, stepmother, you · **What happens:** be, hold, amount, send, add, scoop up · **To what, where:** small amount, liquid, thimbleful, her

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A thimbleful is as much as a thimble can hold, a very small amount of liquid or food.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thimbleful:m1:1
# text = A thimbleful is as much as a thimble can hold, a very small amount of liquid or food.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thimbleful	thimbleful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	thimble	thimble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	very	very	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a thimbleful |  |  |  |  | much *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | can | a thimble | a small amount of liquid or food |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amount=Theme |
| 3 | **amount** |  |  | liquid or food |  |  |  |  | nom amount «possession transitive»: of=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The stepmother sent her a thimbleful of broth.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thimbleful:x1:1
# text = The stepmother sent her a thimbleful of broth.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	thimbleful	thimbleful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	broth	broth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | the stepmother | a thimbleful of broth | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination thimbleful=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Add a thimbleful of milk to the tea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thimbleful:x2:1
# text = Add a thimbleful of milk to the tea.
1	Add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	thimbleful	thimbleful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | a thimbleful of milk |  |  |  | to the tea | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent thimbleful=Patient to tea=Co-Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The old man scooped up a thimbleful of glowing embers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thimbleful:x3:1
# text = The old man scooped up a thimbleful of glowing embers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	scooped	scoop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	thimbleful	thimbleful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	embers	ember	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scoop up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **glow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «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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