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title: turbulent — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «turbulent» in the school dictionary: Turbulent means wild, rough and disorderly, with a lot of movement. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# turbulent

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**Who acts:** Turbulent, Turbulent water, turbulent sea, He, class, teacher · **What happens:** mean, be, toss, sail, become, leave · **To what, where:** little boat, vaster turbulent waves, room

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Turbulent means wild, rough and disorderly, with a lot of movement.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:turbulent:m1:1
# text = Turbulent means wild, rough and disorderly, with a lot of movement.
1	Turbulent	Turbulent	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	disorderly	disorderly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Turbulent |  |  |  |  | with a lot of movement; wild *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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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Turbulent water is rough and tossed by strong waves or currents.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:turbulent:m2:1
# text = Turbulent water is rough and tossed by strong waves or currents.
1	Turbulent	Turbulent	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	tossed	toss	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:agent	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	currents	current	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Turbulent water |  |  |  |  | rough *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **toss** | participle | Turbulent water *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The turbulent sea tossed the little boat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:turbulent:x1:1
# text = The turbulent sea tossed the little boat.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	turbulent	turbulent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tossed	toss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **toss** | past | the turbulent sea | the little boat |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He sailed on vaster and more turbulent waves.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:turbulent:x2:1
# text = He sailed on vaster and more turbulent waves.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sailed	sail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	vaster	vast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	_
7	turbulent	turbulent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail** | past | He |  |  | vaster turbulent waves |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The class became turbulent when the teacher left the room.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:turbulent:x3:1
# text = The class became turbulent when the teacher left the room.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	turbulent	turbulent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | the class |  |  |  |  | turbulent *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** | past | the teacher | the room |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=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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