pastoral

«pastoral» in Mova's school dictionary: about the countryside, farms and shepherds, and the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (pastoral, no change); noun (pastoral, pastorals)

meaning for a pupil

1) Pastoral means about the countryside, farms and shepherds, and the simple life of country people. tree →

2) (church use) A pastoral staff is a long stick carried by a bishop as a sign of office. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories a peaceful country life with sheep and fields; in lessons a poem or painting of shepherds and farms

examples

• The poem described a pastoral scene of sheep on green hills. tree →
• The farmers lived a quiet pastoral life. tree →
• The bishop carried a pastoral staff. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pastoral» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.