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title: tumbler — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tumbler» in the school dictionary: A tumbler is a drinking glass with straight sides and no stem or handle. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tumbler

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**Who acts:** tumbler, acrobat, She · **What happens:** be, turn, pour, drink out, flip, land · **To what, where:** drinking glass, acrobat, show, juice, tumbler, little tumbler

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A tumbler is a drinking glass with straight sides and no stem or handle.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tumbler:m1:1
# text = A tumbler is a drinking glass with straight sides and no stem or handle.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tumbler	tumbler	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	drinking	drinking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	straight	straight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	stem	stem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	handle	handle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 tumbler | a drinking glass |  |  |  | with straight sides and no stem or handle | 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 tumbler is an acrobat who turns over and over in a show.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tumbler:m2:1
# text = A tumbler is an acrobat who turns over and over in a show.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tumbler	tumbler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	acrobat	acrobat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	over	over	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	over	over	ADV	RB	_	8	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a tumbler | a acrobat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **turn** | present | a acrobat |  |  | a show |  | over *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in show=Trajectory |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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She poured the juice into a tumbler.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tumbler:x1:1
# text = She poured the juice into a tumbler.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	poured	pour	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tumbler	tumbler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **pour** | past | She | the juice |  | a tumbler |  |  | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent juice=Theme into tumbler=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Who has been drinking out of my little tumbler?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tumbler:x2:1
# text = Who has been drinking out of my little tumbler?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux	_	_
4	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tumbler	tumbler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink out** | present · perfect · progressive |  | my little tumbler |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tumbler=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The tumbler flipped three times in the air and landed on his feet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tumbler:x3:1
# text = The tumbler flipped three times in the air and landed on his feet.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tumbler	tumbler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	flipped	flip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	landed	land	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flip** | past | the tumbler |  |  | the air | time |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in air=Destination |
| 2 | **land** | past | the tumbler *not said here* |  |  | his feet |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on foot=Destination |

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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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