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title: tidbit — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tidbit» in the school dictionary: A tidbit is a small, tasty piece of food, often a treat. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tidbit

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**Who acts:** tidbit, you, cat, She · **What happens:** be, get, wait, save · **To what, where:** small tasty piece, small piece, tidbits, return, cook, best tidbit

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A tidbit is a small, tasty piece of food, often a treat.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tidbit:m1:1
# text = A tidbit is a small, tasty piece of food, often a treat.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tidbit	tidbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	tasty	tasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	often	often	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	treat	treat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a tidbit | a small tasty piece and a treat |  |  |  | of food | 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 tidbit can also be a small piece of interesting news or gossip.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tidbit:m2:1
# text = A tidbit can also be a small piece of interesting news or gossip.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tidbit	tidbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	interesting	interesting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | a tidbit | a small piece |  |  |  | of interesting news or gossip | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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In return you will get tidbits of every kind: chicken bones, choice bits of meat, sugar and cake.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tidbit:x1:1
# text = In return you will get tidbits of every kind: chicken bones, choice bits of meat, sugar and cake.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	tidbits	tidbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
11	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | future | you | tidbits of every kind |  | return |  | chicken bones and choice bits of meat and sugar and cake *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tidbit=Stimulus |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cat waited for a tidbit from the cook.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tidbit:x2:1
# text = The cat waited for a tidbit from the cook.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tidbit	tidbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past | the cat |  |  | the cook |  | for a tidbit | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She saved the best tidbit for last.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tidbit:x3:1
# text = She saved the best tidbit for last.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saved	save	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	tidbit	tidbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **save** | past | She | the best tidbit |  |  |  | for last | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent tidbit=Theme for last=Source |

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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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