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title: windscreen — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «windscreen» in the school dictionary: The large glass window at the front of a car, bus or other vehicle. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# windscreen

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**Who acts:** Dad, Rain, you, stone, Bugs, parking ticket · **What happens:** scrape, run down, turn, crack, splat, be · **To what, where:** ice, windscreen, windscreen wipers, motorway, windscreen wiper

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The large glass window at the front of a car, bus or other vehicle.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:windscreen:m1:1
# text = The large glass window at the front of a car, bus or other vehicle.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dad scraped the ice off the windscreen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:windscreen:x1:1
# text = Dad scraped the ice off the windscreen.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	scraped	scrape	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	windscreen	windscreen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	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 | **scrape** | past | Dad | the ice |  | the windscreen |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent ice=Theme off windscreen=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Rain ran down the windscreen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:windscreen:x2:1
# text = Rain ran down the windscreen.
1	Rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	windscreen	windscreen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run down** | past | Rain | the windscreen |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme windscreen=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Turn on the windscreen wipers!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:windscreen:x3:1
# text = Turn on the windscreen wipers!
1	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	windscreen	windscreen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	wipers	wiper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the windscreen wipers |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on wiper=Trajectory |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A stone cracked the windscreen on the motorway.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:windscreen:x4:1
# text = A stone cracked the windscreen on the motorway.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cracked	crack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	windscreen	windscreen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	motorway	motorway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | past | a stone | the windscreen |  | the motorway |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location windscreen=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bugs splatted against the windscreen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:windscreen:x5:1
# text = Bugs splatted against the windscreen.
1	Bugs	bug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	splatted	splat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	against	against	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	windscreen	windscreen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **splat** | participle | Bugs |  |  |  |  | against the windscreen | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The parking ticket was stuck under the windscreen wiper.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:windscreen:x6:1
# text = The parking ticket was stuck under the windscreen wiper.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	parking	parking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	ticket	ticket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	windscreen	windscreen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	wiper	wiper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the parking ticket |  |  | the windscreen wiper |  | stuck *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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