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title: agrarian — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «agrarian» in the school dictionary: About farming, farmland or the people who work on the land. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# agrarian

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**Who acts:** people, most, Agrarian life, country, Agrarian reform, Many agrarian villages · **What happens:** work, be, follow, move, give, have · **To what, where:** agrarian society, agrarian economy, land, farmers

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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About farming, farmland or the people who work on the land.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:agrarian:m1:1
# text = About farming, farmland or the people who work on the land.
1	About	about	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	farming	farming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	farmland	farmland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | the people |  |  |  |  | on the land | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on land=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Long ago, most of Europe was an agrarian society.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:agrarian:x1:1
# text = Long ago, most of Europe was an agrarian society.
1	Long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
2	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	agrarian	agrarian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	society	society	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | most of Europe | a agrarian society |  |  |  | ago *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Agrarian life follows the seasons.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:agrarian:x2:1
# text = Agrarian life follows the seasons.
1	Agrarian	agrarian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	seasons	season	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **follow** | present | Agrarian life |  |  |  | season |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The country moved from an agrarian economy to factories.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:agrarian:x3:1
# text = The country moved from an agrarian economy to factories.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	agrarian	agrarian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	economy	economy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	factories	factory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past | the country |  |  | a agrarian economy |  | to factories | vn slide-11.2 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from economy=Initial\_Location to factory=Destination |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Agrarian reform gave land to farmers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:agrarian:x4:1
# text = Agrarian reform gave land to farmers.
1	Agrarian	agrarian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	reform	reform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **give** | past | Agrarian reform | land | farmers |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent land=Theme to farmer=Recipient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Many agrarian villages had a market day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:agrarian:x5:1
# text = Many agrarian villages had a market day.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	agrarian	agrarian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	villages	village	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Many agrarian villages |  |  |  | day |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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In agrarian times, children helped with the harvest.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:agrarian:x6:1
# text = In agrarian times, children helped with the harvest.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	agrarian	agrarian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	harvest	harvest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past | children |  |  |  | time | with the harvest | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with harvest=Theme |

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