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title: afield — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «afield» in the school dictionary: In the fields, out in the countryside, away from home. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# afield

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**Who acts:** afield, one, sheep, news · **What happens:** mean, live, send, come, travel · **To what, where:** daughter, afield

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«afield» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [afield in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/afield.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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In the fields, out in the countryside, away from home.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:afield:m1:1
# text = In the fields, out in the countryside, away from home.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	countryside	countryside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Far afield means far away from home or from where one lives.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:afield:m2:1
# text = Far afield means far away from home or from where one lives.
1	Far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
2	afield	afield	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	12	advmod	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nsubj	_	_
12	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | afield |  |  |  |  | away, far *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **live** | present | one |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The old woman's daughter is sent afield.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:afield:x1:1
# text = The old woman's daughter is sent afield.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	afield	afield	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | present · passive |  | the old woman's daughter |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination afield=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The sheep came home from afield.

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

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The news travelled far afield.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:afield:x3:1
# text = The news travelled far afield.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	travelled	travel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	afield	afield	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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