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title: vermin — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «vermin» in the school dictionary: Vermin are small animals, such as rats, mice or insects, that spread disease or spoil food and are hated by people. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# vermin

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**Who acts:** Vermin, that, people, captain, He · **What happens:** be, spread, hate, wonder, ask, not be · **To what, where:** small animals, disease, this, horrible vermin, us

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«vermin» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [vermin in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vermin.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Vermin are small animals, such as rats, mice or insects, that spread disease or spoil food and are hated by people.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vermin:m1:1
# text = Vermin are small animals, such as rats, mice or insects, that spread disease or spoil food and are hated by people.
1	Vermin	Vermin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	8	case	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	spread	spread	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
16	disease	disease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	spoil	spoil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux:pass	_	_
22	hated	hate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	conj	_	_
23	by	by	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Vermin | small animals and rats and mice or insects |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **spread** | past | that | disease or spoil food |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location disease=Theme |
| 3 | **hate** | present · passive | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 captain wondered at this, and asked if these vermin were not unpleasant.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vermin:x1:1
# text = The captain wondered at this, and asked if these vermin were not unpleasant.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wondered	wonder	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	vermin	vermin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	unpleasant	unpleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past | the captain |  |  | this |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | this vermin |  |  |  |  | unpleasant *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He sent us this horrible vermin that he wants to rid us of.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vermin:x2:1
# text = He sent us this horrible vermin that he wants to rid us of.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
5	horrible	horrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	vermin	vermin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	rid	rid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | He | this horrible vermin | us |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Destination vermin=Theme |
| 2 | **want** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **rid** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | us |  |  |  |  | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Source |

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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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