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title: unfledged — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «unfledged» in the school dictionary: Of a young bird, not yet grown its feathers, so it cannot fly yet. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# unfledged

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**Who acts:** bird, unfledged chicks, Mum bird, class · **What happens:** not grow, not fly, not experience, sit, fly off, find · **To what, where:** feathers, nest, worms

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Of a young bird, not yet grown its feathers, so it cannot fly yet.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unfledged:m1:1
# text = Of a young bird, not yet grown its feathers, so it cannot fly yet.
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
17	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **grow** | participle |  | bird's feathers |  |  | yet | of a young bird | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location feather=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **fly** | can | bird |  |  |  | yet |  | 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: figurative — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
young and not yet experienced.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unfledged:m2:1
# text = young and not yet experienced.
1	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	experienced	experience	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **experience** | participle |  |  |  |  | yet |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The unfledged chicks sat with open beaks in the nest.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unfledged:x1:1
# text = The unfledged chicks sat with open beaks in the nest.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	unfledged	unfledged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	chicks	chick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	beaks	beak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | the unfledged chicks |  |  | the nest |  | with open beaks | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in nest=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Mum bird flew off to find worms for the unfledged young.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unfledged:x2:1
# text = Mum bird flew off to find worms for the unfledged young.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	unfledged	unfledged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	young	young	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly off** | past | Mum bird |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | Mum bird *not said here* | worms |  |  |  | for the unfledged young | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent worm=Theme for young=Beneficiary |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Our class felt like unfledged learners on the first day of the new school.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unfledged:x3:1
# text = Our class felt like unfledged learners on the first day of the new school.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	unfledged	unfledged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	learners	learner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | Our class |  |  |  | day | like unfledged learners | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like learner=Theme |

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