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title: thrust — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «thrust» in the school dictionary: To thrust is to push something hard into, through or forward. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# thrust

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**Who acts:** thrust, she, they, He, servants · **What happens:** be, thrust, refuse, sink down · **To what, where:** hard push, herself, prisoner, cellar

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To thrust is to push something hard into, through or forward.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thrust:m1:1
# text = To thrust is to push something hard into, through or forward.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	thrust	thrust	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	push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	through	through	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | forward, hard, push *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}

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A thrust is a hard push, or a stab with a blade or bayonet.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thrust:m2:1
# text = A thrust is a hard push, or a stab with a blade or bayonet.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thrust	thrust	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	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	push	push	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	stab	stab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	bayonet	bayonet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 thrust | a hard push |  |  |  | a stab with a blade or bayonet *nmod* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Wherever she thrusts herself, they refuse.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thrust:x1:1
# text = Wherever she thrusts herself, they refuse.
1	Wherever	wherever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thrusts	thrust	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
4	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	refuse	refuse	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thrust** | present | she | herself *= she* |  |  |  | wherever *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme |
| 2 | **refuse** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He sank down after several bayonet thrusts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thrust:x2:1
# text = He sank down after several bayonet thrusts.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	bayonet	bayonet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	thrusts	thrust	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink down** | past | He |  |  |  | after several bayonet thrusts | down *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The servants thrust the prisoner into the cellar.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thrust:x3:1
# text = The servants thrust the prisoner into the cellar.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thrust	thrust	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thrust** | past | the servants | the prisoner |  | the cellar |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prisoner=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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