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title: wolverine — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «wolverine» in the school dictionary: A fierce, strong animal like a large weasel, living in cold northern lands. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# wolverine

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**Who acts:** large weasel, wolverine, shriek, wolverines · **What happens:** live, be, come · **To what, where:** cold northern lands, snowy forest

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A fierce, strong animal like a large weasel, living in cold northern lands.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wolverine:m1:1
# text = A fierce, strong animal like a large weasel, living in cold northern lands.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	weasel	weasel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | gerund | a large weasel *not said here* |  |  | cold northern lands |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The wolverine was very particular about his clothes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wolverine:x1:1
# text = The wolverine was very particular about his clothes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolverine	wolverine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	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** | past | the wolverine |  |  |  |  | about wolverine's clothes; particular *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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A shriek came from the wolverine.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wolverine:x2:1
# text = A shriek came from the wolverine.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shriek	shriek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wolverine	wolverine	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 | **come** | past | a shriek |  |  |  |  | from the wolverine | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from wolverine=Initial\_Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The wolverines lived in the snowy forest.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wolverine:x3:1
# text = The wolverines lived in the snowy forest.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolverines	wolverine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	snowy	snowy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **live** | past | the wolverines |  |  | the snowy forest |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=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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