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title: wayside — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «wayside» in the school dictionary: The wayside is the edge of a road or path. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# wayside

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**Who acts:** wayside, Hare, I · **What happens:** be, mean, gush up, lie down, fall, wait · **To what, where:** edge, side, violets, wayside

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The wayside is the edge of a road or path.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wayside:m1:1
# text = The wayside is the edge of a road or path.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wayside	wayside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the wayside | the edge |  |  |  | of a road or path | tree rules |

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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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Wayside means at the side of a road or path (as in «wayside flowers»).

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wayside:m2:1
# text = Wayside means at the side of a road or path (as in «wayside flowers»).
1	Wayside	wayside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	wayside	wayside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Wayside |  |  | the side of a road or path |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The violets gushed up along the wayside.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wayside:x1:1
# text = The violets gushed up along the wayside.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	violets	violet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	gushed	gush	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	along	along	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wayside	wayside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gush up** | participle |  | the violets *not said here* |  | the wayside |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along wayside=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The Hare, lying down by the wayside, fell fast asleep.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wayside:x2:1
# text = The Hare, lying down by the wayside, fell fast asleep.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Hare	Hare	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wayside	wayside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
10	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
12	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie down** | gerund | the Hare *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the wayside; down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by wayside=Location |
| 2 | **fall** | past | the Hare |  |  |  |  | asleep, fast *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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I will wait for you here by the wayside.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wayside:x3:1
# text = I will wait for you here by the wayside.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wayside	wayside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | future | I |  |  | here |  | for you; by the wayside | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by wayside=Location |

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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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