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title: unbar — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «unbar» in the school dictionary: To unbar a door is to lift the bar, the heavy bolt across it, so that it can open. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# unbar

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**Who acts:** bar, Peter, guard, you, we · **What happens:** unbar, be, open, not unbar, let through, go out · **To what, where:** door, window, gate, cart, back door

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To unbar a door is to lift the bar, the heavy bolt across it, so that it can open.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unbar:m1:1
# text = To unbar a door is to lift the bar, the heavy bolt across it, so that it can open.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	unbar	unbar	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	lift	lift	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bar	bar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	bolt	bolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
14	across	across	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	21	mark	_	_
18	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	fixed	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	open	open	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unbar** | to-infinitive |  | a door |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | lift *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **open** | can | bar |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Peter will not unbar the window.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unbar:x1:1
# text = Peter will not unbar the window.
1	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	unbar	unbar	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **unbar** | future | Peter | the window |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The guard unbars the gate and lets the cart through.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unbar:x2:1
# text = The guard unbars the gate and lets the cart through.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	unbars	unbar	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	through	through	ADV	RB	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unbar** | present | the guard | the gate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **let through** | present | the guard *not said here* | the cart |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cart=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Please unbar the back door so we can go out.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unbar:x3:1
# text = Please unbar the back door so we can go out.
1	Please	please	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	unbar	unbar	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unbar** | imperative | you *not said here* | the back door |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go out** | can | we |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «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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