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title: archaeologist — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «archaeologist» in the school dictionary: An archaeologist is a scientist who studies how people lived long ago by digging up and examining old things they left behind, such as bones, tools, pots and buildings. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# archaeologist

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**Who acts:** archaeologist, scientist, people, Archaeologists, pot, I · **What happens:** be, study, live, dig up, examine, leave behind · **To what, where:** scientist, old things, Roman coin, field, Viking ship, ground · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An archaeologist is a scientist who studies how people lived long ago by digging up and examining old things they left behind, such as bones, tools, pots and buildings.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:archaeologist:m1:1
# text = An archaeologist is a scientist who studies how people lived long ago by digging up and examining old things they left behind, such as bones, tools, pots and buildings.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	archaeologist	archaeologist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	scientist	scientist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	studies	study	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
11	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
12	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
13	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	digging	dig	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	examining	examine	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	conj	_	_
18	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	_
20	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
22	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	26	case	_	_
25	as	as	ADP	IN	_	24	fixed	_	_
26	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
28	tools	tool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
30	pots	pot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	conj	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a archaeologist | a scientist |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **study** | present | a scientist |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **live** | past | people |  |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **dig up** | gerund | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **examine** | gerund | people *not said here* | old things and bones |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |
| 6 | **leave behind** | past | people | old things and bones *not said here* |  |  |  | behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=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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The archaeologist found a Roman coin in the field.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:archaeologist:x1:1
# text = The archaeologist found a Roman coin in the field.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	archaeologist	archaeologist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	field	field	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 | **find** | past | the archaeologist | a Roman coin |  | the field |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Archaeologists dig very slowly with small trowels and brushes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:archaeologist:x2:1
# text = Archaeologists dig very slowly with small trowels and brushes.
1	Archaeologists	archaeologist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dig	dig	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	trowels	trowel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	brushes	brush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | present | Archaeologists |  |  |  |  | with small trowels and brushes; slowly *property* | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with trowel=Instrument |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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An archaeologist can tell how old a pot is.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:archaeologist:x3:1
# text = An archaeologist can tell how old a pot is.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	archaeologist	archaeologist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | can | a archaeologist |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | a pot |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Archaeologists found a Viking ship under the ground.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:archaeologist:x4:1
# text = Archaeologists found a Viking ship under the ground.
1	Archaeologists	archaeologist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Viking	Viking	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | Archaeologists | a Viking ship |  | the ground |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Topic |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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When I grow up I want to be an archaeologist.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:archaeologist:x5:1
# text = When I grow up I want to be an archaeologist.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	archaeologist	archaeologist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow up** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **want** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **is a** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a archaeologist |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The archaeologists marked every find on a map.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:archaeologist:x6:1
# text = The archaeologists marked every find on a map.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	archaeologists	archaeologist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	marked	mark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	find	find	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mark** | past | the archaeologists | every find |  | a map |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent find=Theme on map=Destination |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Archaeologists study ancient Egypt by looking at tombs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:archaeologist:x7:1
# text = Archaeologists study ancient Egypt by looking at tombs.
1	Archaeologists	archaeologist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	study	study	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	tombs	tomb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **study** | present | Archaeologists | ancient Egypt |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egypt=Topic |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | Archaeologists *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at tombs | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at tomb=Theme |

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