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title: aboriginal — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «aboriginal» in the school dictionary: Aboriginal: belonging to the first peoples of Australia, who have lived there for more than 60 000 years (Aboriginal people, Aboriginal art). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# aboriginal

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**Who acts:** Aboriginal, first peoples, Aboriginal people, We, assembly, Dreaming stories · **What happens:** belong, live, look, speak, begin, dream · **To what, where:** Australia, Many Aboriginal languages, sacred place, relic, swarthier aboriginals · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«aboriginal» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [aboriginal in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/aboriginal.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Aboriginal: belonging to the first peoples of Australia, who have lived there for more than 60 000 years (Aboriginal people, Aboriginal art).

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aboriginal:m1:1
# text = Aboriginal: belonging to the first peoples of Australia, who have lived there for more than 60 000 years (Aboriginal people, Aboriginal art).
1	Aboriginal	aboriginal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	belonging	belong	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
12	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	lived	live	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	acl	_	_
14	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
16	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	19	advmod	_	_
17	than	than	ADP	IN	_	16	fixed	_	_
18	60	60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	19	compound	_	_
19	000	000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	20	nummod	_	_
20	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
21	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	Aboriginal	aboriginal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	Aboriginal	aboriginal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | gerund | Aboriginal *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the first peoples of Australia | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **live** | present · perfect | the first peoples of Australia |  |  | there | year |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
aboriginal (lower case): belonging to a place from the very beginning; native, original (aboriginal peoples of Canada).

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aboriginal:m2:1
# text = aboriginal (lower case): belonging to a place from the very beginning; native, original (aboriginal peoples of Canada).
1	aboriginal	aboriginal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	lower	low	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	belonging	belong	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	very	very	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	beginning	beginning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
16	native	native	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	conj	_	_
19	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	aboriginal	aboriginal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	appos	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | gerund | aboriginal *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a place from the beginning | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Aboriginal people have lived in Australia for more than 60 000 years.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aboriginal:x1:1
# text = Aboriginal people have lived in Australia for more than 60 000 years.
1	Aboriginal	aboriginal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	lived	live	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	11	advmod	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	60	60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	compound	_	_
11	000	000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present · perfect | Aboriginal people |  |  | Australia | year |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in australia=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We looked at Aboriginal dot paintings in art class.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aboriginal:x2:1
# text = We looked at Aboriginal dot paintings in art class.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	Aboriginal	aboriginal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	dot	dot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	paintings	painting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | We |  |  |  |  | at Aboriginal dot paintings in art class | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at painting=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Many Aboriginal languages are still spoken today.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aboriginal:x3:1
# text = Many Aboriginal languages are still spoken today.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	Aboriginal	aboriginal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	languages	language	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | Many Aboriginal languages |  |  | still; today |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The assembly began with an Acknowledgement of Country.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aboriginal:x4:1
# text = The assembly began with an Acknowledgement of Country.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	assembly	assembly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Acknowledgement	acknowledgement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Country	Country	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | past | the assembly |  |  |  |  | with a Acknowledgement of Country | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with acknowledgement=Subeventuality |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dreaming stories explain how the land and animals came to be.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aboriginal:x5:1
# text = Dreaming stories explain how the land and animals came to be.
1	Dreaming	dream	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	amod	_	_
2	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	explain	explain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dream** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present | Dreaming stories |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **come** | past | the land and animals |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** | to-infinitive | the land and animals *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Uluru is a sacred place for the Aboriginal people of that land.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aboriginal:x6:1
# text = Uluru is a sacred place for the Aboriginal people of that land.
1	Uluru	Uluru	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Aboriginal	aboriginal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Uluru | a sacred place |  |  |  | for the Aboriginal people of that land | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are possibly a relic of the days of Aryan conquest, when the fair-skinned, fair-haired Aryan conquered the swarthier aboriginals.

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aboriginal:x7:1
# text = They are possibly a relic of the days of Aryan conquest, when the fair-skinned, fair-haired Aryan conquered the swarthier aboriginals.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	possibly	possibly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	relic	relic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	Aryan	Aryan	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	conquest	conquest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	skinned	skinned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	haired	haired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	Aryan	Aryan	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	23	nsubj	_	_
23	conquered	conquer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	parataxis	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	swarthier	swarthy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	26	amod	_	_
26	aboriginals	aboriginal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | a relic |  |  | day | possibly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **conquer** | past | haired Aryan | the swarthier aboriginals |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aboriginal=Patient |

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