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title: tinder — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tinder» in the school dictionary: Tinder is dry material that catches fire easily from a spark, used to start a fire. (old use). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tinder

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**Who acts:** Tinder, dry material, you, Dry leaves, spark · **What happens:** be, catch, use, start, get, ask · **To what, where:** dry material, fire, spark, tinder, witch, good tinder

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Tinder is dry material that catches fire easily from a spark, used to start a fire. (old use).

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*Sentence 1:* Tinder is dry material that catches fire easily from a spark, used to start a fire.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tinder:m1:1
# text = Tinder is dry material that catches fire easily from a spark, used to start a fire.
1	Tinder	tinder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	catches	catch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	spark	spark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Tinder | dry material |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **catch** | present | dry material | fire |  | a spark |  | easily *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent fire=Theme from spark=Source |
| 3 | **use** | participle |  | a spark *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **start** | to-infinitive |  | a fire |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=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.

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*Sentence 2:* (old use).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tinder:m1:2
# text = (old use).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Have you got the tinder? asked the witch.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tinder:x1:1
# text = Have you got the tinder? asked the witch.
1	Have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tinder	tinder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
7	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | you | the tinder |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tinder=Stimulus |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | you *not said here* |  | the witch |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent witch=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Dry leaves make good tinder.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tinder:x2:1
# text = Dry leaves make good tinder.
1	Dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tinder	tinder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Dry leaves | good tinder |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tinder=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The spark fell onto the tinder and it glowed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tinder:x3:1
# text = The spark fell onto the tinder and it glowed.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spark	spark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tinder	tinder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	glowed	glow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | the spark |  |  | the tinder |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme onto tinder=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **glow** | past | spark |  |  |  |  |  | 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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