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title: barrenness — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «barrenness» in the school dictionary: Barrenness is the state of being bare and empty, with no crops growing, or of being unable to have children. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# barrenness

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**Who acts:** Barrenness, crops, Farmers, old tree · **What happens:** be, grow, have, make, fear, stand · **To what, where:** state, children, them, barrenness

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Barrenness is the state of being bare and empty, with no crops growing, or of being unable to have children.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:barrenness:m1:1
# text = Barrenness is the state of being bare and empty, with no crops growing, or of being unable to have children.
1	Barrenness	barrenness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	cop	_	_
19	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	xcomp	_	_
22	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Barrenness | the state |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | bare *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **grow** | gerund | no crops |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **is** | gerund | Barrenness *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **have** | to-infinitive | Barrenness *not said here* | children |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient |

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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 barrenness of the desert made them thirsty.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:barrenness:x1:1
# text = The barrenness of the desert made them thirsty.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	barrenness	barrenness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the barrenness of the desert | them *= they* |  |  |  | thirsty *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Farmers feared the barrenness of the dry winter field.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:barrenness:x2:1
# text = Farmers feared the barrenness of the dry winter field.
1	Farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	barrenness	barrenness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | Farmers | the barrenness of the dry winter field |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer barrenness=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The old tree stood in barrenness, with no leaves at all.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:barrenness:x3:1
# text = The old tree stood in barrenness, with no leaves at all.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	barrenness	barrenness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	parataxis	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | the old tree |  |  | barrenness |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in barrenness=Location |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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