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title: arbour — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «arbour» in the school dictionary: An arbour is a shady place in a garden, made of trees or climbing plants, where people can sit. This is the British spelling of «arbor». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# arbour

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**Who acts:** arbour, people, This, We, Roses, children · **What happens:** be, make, climb, sit, eat, grow · **To what, where:** shady place, garden, plants, British spelling, lunch, arbour

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An arbour is a shady place in a garden, made of trees or climbing plants, where people can sit. This is the British spelling of «arbor».

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*Sentence 1:* An arbour is a shady place in a garden, made of trees or climbing plants, where people can sit.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:arbour:m1:1
# text = An arbour is a shady place in a garden, made of trees or climbing plants, where people can sit.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	arbour	arbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	shady	shady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	parataxis	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	conj	_	_
16	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	21	advmod	_	_
19	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nsubj	_	_
20	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a arbour | a shady place |  | a garden |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | of trees | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **climb** | gerund |  | plants |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location plant=Theme |
| 4 | **sit** | can | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* This is the British spelling of «arbor».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:arbour:m1:2
# text = This is the British spelling of «arbor».
1	This	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	arbor	arbor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | This | the British spelling |  |  |  | of arbor | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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We ate our lunch in the arbour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:arbour:x1:1
# text = We ate our lunch in the arbour.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	arbour	arbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | We | our lunch |  | the arbour |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lunch=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Roses grew all over the arbour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:arbour:x2:1
# text = Roses grew all over the arbour.
1	Roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	arbour	arbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | Roses |  |  | the arbour |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over arbour=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The children hid in the arbour behind the wall.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:arbour:x3:1
# text = The children hid in the arbour behind the wall.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	arbour	arbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **hide** | past | the children |  |  | the arbour |  | behind the wall | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in arbour=Location |

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