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title: cornfield — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «cornfield» in the school dictionary: A cornfield is a field where corn (grain such as wheat or maize) grows. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# cornfield

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**Who acts:** cornfield, corn, farmer, rain, fox · **What happens:** be, grow, walk, soak, run, hide · **To what, where:** field, cornfield, dry cornfield

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A cornfield is a field where corn (grain such as wheat or maize) grows.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cornfield:m1:1
# text = A cornfield is a field where corn (grain such as wheat or maize) grows.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cornfield	cornfield	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	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	16	advmod	_	_
7	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
8	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
10	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	maize	maize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	9	punct	_	_
16	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 cornfield | a field |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | present | corn |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 farmer walked through the cornfield at dawn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cornfield:x1:1
# text = The farmer walked through the cornfield at dawn.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cornfield	cornfield	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dawn	dawn	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 | **walk** | past | the farmer |  |  | the cornfield | dawn |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through cornfield=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The rain soaked the dry cornfield.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cornfield:x2:1
# text = The rain soaked the dry cornfield.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	soaked	soak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cornfield	cornfield	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak** | participle | the rain | the dry cornfield |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent cornfield=Source |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The fox ran across the cornfield and hid.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cornfield:x3:1
# text = The fox ran across the cornfield and hid.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	across	across	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cornfield	cornfield	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | the fox |  |  | the cornfield |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across cornfield=Trajectory |
| 2 | **hide** | past | the fox *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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