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title: weedy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «weedy» in the school dictionary: Weedy means full of weeds: a weedy garden. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# weedy

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**Who acts:** Weedy, old garden, Frogs, We, weedy boy, lawn · **What happens:** mean, look, be, hide, clear, turn out · **To what, where:** weedy pond, weedy flower bed, story, anyone · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«weedy» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: [weedy in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/weedy.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Weedy means full of weeds: a weedy garden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:weedy:m1:1
# text = Weedy means full of weeds: a weedy garden.
1	Weedy	weedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	weeds	weed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	weedy	weedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Weedy |  |  |  |  | full *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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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Informally (especially British), weedy means thin and weak-looking.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:weedy:m2:1
# text = Informally (especially British), weedy means thin and weak-looking.
1	Informally	informally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
2	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	weedy	weedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nsubj	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | weedy |  |  |  |  | informally, thin *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | weedy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The old garden was weedy and wild.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:weedy:x1:1
# text = The old garden was weedy and wild.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	weedy	weedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the old garden |  |  |  |  | weedy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the old garden *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Frogs hid in the weedy pond.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:weedy:x2:1
# text = Frogs hid in the weedy pond.
1	Frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	weedy	weedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | Frogs |  |  | the weedy pond |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in pond=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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We cleared the weedy flower bed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:weedy:x3:1
# text = We cleared the weedy flower bed.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cleared	clear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	weedy	weedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clear** | past | We | the weedy flower bed |  |  |  |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent bed=Source |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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In the story, the weedy boy turned out to be very brave.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:weedy:x4:1
# text = In the story, the weedy boy turned out to be very brave.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	weedy	weedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
12	very	very	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn out** | past | the weedy boy |  |  | the story |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in story=Location |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | the weedy boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | brave *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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The lawn had become weedy over the summer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:weedy:x5:1
# text = The lawn had become weedy over the summer.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	weedy	weedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past · perfect | the lawn |  |  |  |  | weedy *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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It's unkind to call anyone weedy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:weedy:x6:1
# text = It's unkind to call anyone weedy.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	weedy	weedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | unkind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | to-infinitive |  |  | anyone |  |  | weedy *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient |

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