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title: titmouse — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «titmouse» in the school dictionary: A titmouse is a small, lively songbird, a kind of tit, often seen in gardens and woods. (old use). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# titmouse

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**Who acts:** titmouse, little titmouse, She · **What happens:** be, see, sing, fly, get · **To what, where:** small lively songbird, gardens, hedge, branch

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A titmouse is a small, lively songbird, a kind of tit, often seen in gardens and woods. (old use).

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*Sentence 1:* A titmouse is a small, lively songbird, a kind of tit, often seen in gardens and woods.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:titmouse:m1:1
# text = A titmouse is a small, lively songbird, a kind of tit, often seen in gardens and woods.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	titmouse	titmouse	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	lively	lively	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	songbird	songbird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	tit	tit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	often	often	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 titmouse | a small lively songbird |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | participle |  | a small lively songbird *not said here* |  | gardens and woods |  | often *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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:titmouse: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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The little titmouse sang in the hedge.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:titmouse:x1:1
# text = The little titmouse sang in the hedge.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	titmouse	titmouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hedge	hedge	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 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the little titmouse |  |  | the hedge |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hedge=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The titmouse flew from branch to branch.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:titmouse:x2:1
# text = The titmouse flew from branch to branch.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	titmouse	titmouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | the titmouse |  |  | branch |  | to branch | vn drive-11.5-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent from branch=Initial\_Location to branch=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She got as noisy as a titmouse.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:titmouse:x3:1
# text = She got as noisy as a titmouse.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	noisy	noisy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	titmouse	titmouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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 | **get** | past | She |  |  |  |  | noisy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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