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title: unwary — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «unwary» in the school dictionary: Not careful; not watching out for danger. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# unwary

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**Who acts:** unwary fox, you · **What happens:** not watch out, walk, beware, do, not be · **To what, where:** trap, ice, river

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Not careful; not watching out for danger.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unwary:m1:1
# text = Not careful; not watching out for danger.
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	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 | **not** **watch out** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for danger | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for danger=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}

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The unwary fox walked into the trap.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unwary:x1:1
# text = The unwary fox walked into the trap.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	unwary	unwary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | the unwary fox |  |  |  |  | into the trap *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into trap=Result |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Beware of unwary walkers on the ice.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unwary:x2:1
# text = Beware of unwary walkers on the ice.
1	Beware	beware	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	unwary	unwary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	walkers	walker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beware** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the ice |  | of unwary walkers | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Do not be unwary near the river.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unwary:x3:1
# text = Do not be unwary near the river.
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	unwary	unwary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	_
5	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** | infinitive |  |  |  | the river |  | unwary *property* | tree rules |

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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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