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title: tussock — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tussock» in the school dictionary: A thick clump or tuft of grass growing from the ground, often in wet ground. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tussock

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**Who acts:** grass, We, Water, herds · **What happens:** grow, step, lie, graze · **To what, where:** tussock, tussocks

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A thick clump or tuft of grass growing from the ground, often in wet ground.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tussock:m1:1
# text = A thick clump or tuft of grass growing from the ground, often in wet ground.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	clump	clump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	tuft	tuft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	often	often	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | gerund | grass *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from the ground | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from ground=Patient |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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We stepped from tussock to tussock across the bog.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tussock:x1:1
# text = We stepped from tussock to tussock across the bog.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stepped	step	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	tussock	tussock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	tussock	tussock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	across	across	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bog	bog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **step** | past | We |  |  | tussock |  | to tussock; across the bog | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to tussock=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Water lay between the tussocks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tussock:x2:1
# text = Water lay between the tussocks.
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tussocks	tussock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | past | Water |  |  | the tussocks |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between tussock=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The herds grazed among the tussocks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tussock:x3:1
# text = The herds grazed among the tussocks.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	herds	herd	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grazed	graze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	among	among	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tussocks	tussock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **graze** | past | the herds |  |  |  |  | among the tussocks | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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