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title: throng — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «throng» in the school dictionary: A throng is a large crowd of people pressed close together. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# throng

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**Who acts:** throng, shooters, courtiers · **What happens:** be, press, fill, tremble, not get in, throng · **To what, where:** large crowd, people, place, church

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A throng is a large crowd of people pressed close together.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:throng:m1:1
# text = A throng is a large crowd of people pressed close together.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	throng	throng	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	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	pressed	press	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	close	close	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
11	together	together	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a throng | a large crowd |  |  |  | of people | tree rules |
| 2 | **press** | participle |  | people *not said here* |  |  |  | close, together *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: 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}

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To throng is to crowd round or fill a place.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:throng:m2:1
# text = To throng is to crowd round or fill a place.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	throng	throng	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	crowd	crowd	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	round	round	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	fill	fill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | crowd, round *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fill** | infinitive |  | a place |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent place=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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There was such a throng before the church that Trembling could not get in.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:throng:x1:1
# text = There was such a throng before the church that Trembling could not get in.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	5	det:predet	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	throng	throng	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	Trembling	tremble	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	nsubj	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
14	in	in	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | such throng |  |  | the church; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before church=Location |
| 2 | **tremble** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **get in** | could |  | the church *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer church=Stimulus |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The shooters were thronging round the target.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:throng:x2:1
# text = The shooters were thronging round the target.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shooters	shooter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	thronging	throng	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	round	round	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	target	target	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 | **throng** | past · progressive | the shooters |  |  |  |  | round the target | vn swarm-47.5.1-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The courtiers will throng round the princess.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:throng:x3:1
# text = The courtiers will throng round the princess.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	throng	throng	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	round	round	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	princess	princess	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 | **throng** | future | the courtiers |  |  |  |  | round the princess | vn swarm-47.5.1-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme |

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