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veld

Who acts: Zebras, Leopard, veld, Farmers, We · What happens: graze, hunt, turn, keep, read, set · To what, where: High Veldt, cattle, veld, sun, wide open veld

«veld» 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: veld in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Wide, open grassland in southern Africa, with few trees, especially in South Africa.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 grassland	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Wide	punct
3	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 grassland	amod
4	grassland	grassland	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 Africa	case
6	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Africa	amod
7	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 grassland	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 trees	punct
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 trees	case
10	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 trees	amod
11	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grassland	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 Africa	punct
13	especially	especially	ADV	_	16 Africa	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 Africa	case
15	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Africa	compound
16	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 trees	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 grassland	punct

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

Example 1

Zebras graze on the African veld.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zebras	zebra	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 graze	nsubj
2	graze	graze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 veld	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 veld	det
5	African	African	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 veld	amod
6	veld	veld	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 graze	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 graze	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	graze	present	Zebras					on the African veld	vn dine-39.5 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on veld=Patient

Example 2

The Leopard hunted on the High Veldt.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Leopard	det
2	Leopard	Leopard	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 hunted	nsubj
3	hunted	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 Veldt	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Veldt	det
6	High	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Veldt	amod
7	Veldt	Veldt	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 hunted	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hunted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	past	the Leopard			the High Veldt			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent on veldt=Location

Example 3

The veld turned green after the rains.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 veld	det
2	veld	veld	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	nsubj
3	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 turned	xcomp
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 rains	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rains	det
7	rains	rain	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turned	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 turned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	the veld				after the rains	green property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Example 4

Farmers keep cattle on the veld.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keep	nsubj
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keep	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 veld	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 veld	det
6	veld	veld	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	Farmers	cattle		the veld			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cattle=Theme on veld=Location

Example 5

We read about the animals of the veld in geography.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 read	nsubj
2	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 animals	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 animals	det
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 read	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 veld	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 veld	det
8	veld	veld	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 animals	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 geography	case
10	geography	geography	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 veld	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	past	We					about the animals of the veld in geography	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about animal=Topic

Example 6

The sun set over the wide, open veld.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sun	det
2	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sun	acl
4	over	over	ADP	_	9 veld	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 veld	det
6	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 veld	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 wide	punct
8	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 veld	amod
9	veld	veld	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sun	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	participle		the sun not said here		the wide open veld			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent over veld=Destination

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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