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title: twain — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «twain» in the school dictionary: Two. It is used in old tales and set phrases. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# twain

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**Who acts:** Childe twain, door · **What happens:** use, cut, play, split · **To what, where:** It, old tales, rope, twain, ball

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Two. It is used in old tales and set phrases.

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*Sentence 1:* Two.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:twain:m1:1
# text = Two.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* It is used in old tales and set phrases.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:twain:m1:2
# text = It is used in old tales and set phrases.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	set	set	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	phrases	phrase	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	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 | **use** | present · passive |  | It |  | old tales and set phrases |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The rope was cut in twain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:twain:x1:1
# text = The rope was cut in twain.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	twain	twain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | past · passive |  | the rope |  | twain |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Childe Rowland and his brothers twain were playing ball.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:twain:x2:1
# text = Childe Rowland and his brothers twain were playing ball.
1	Childe	Childe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
2	Rowland	Rowland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
6	twain	twain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past · progressive | Childe twain | ball |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The door split in twain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:twain:x3:1
# text = The door split in twain.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	split	split	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	twain	twain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | past | the door |  |  | twain |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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