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title: whelp — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «whelp» in the school dictionary: A whelp is a young animal, especially a puppy, cub or wolf cub. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# whelp

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**Who acts:** whelp, wolf, two whelps, whelps · **What happens:** be, come out, play · **To what, where:** young animal, brothers, den

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A whelp is a young animal, especially a puppy, cub or wolf cub.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:whelp:m1:1
# text = A whelp is a young animal, especially a puppy, cub or wolf cub.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	whelp	whelp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a whelp | a young animal and a puppy |  |  |  |  | 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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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To whelp is to give birth to young.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:whelp:m2:1
# text = To whelp is to give birth to young.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	whelp	whelp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to young; give *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wolf came out with her whelps.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:whelp:x1:1
# text = A wolf came out with her whelps.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	whelps	whelp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come out** | past | a wolf |  |  |  |  | with wolf's whelps; out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The two whelps were brothers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:whelp:x2:1
# text = The two whelps were brothers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	whelps	whelp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the two whelps | brothers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The whelps played in the den.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:whelp:x3:1
# text = The whelps played in the den.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	whelps	whelp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	den	den	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | the whelps |  |  | the den |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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