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title: countryman — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «countryman» in the school dictionary: A countryman is a man who lives in the country, on a farm or in a village; he is often plain and hard-working. (Also a man from one's own country.). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# countryman

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**Who acts:** countryman, man, prince · **What happens:** be, live, work, walk, see, ask · **To what, where:** man, country, fight, hedge, aged countryman

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A countryman is a man who lives in the country, on a farm or in a village; he is often plain and hard-working. (Also a man from one's own country.).

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*Sentence 1:* A countryman is a man who lives in the country, on a farm or in a village; he is often plain and hard-working.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:countryman:m1:1
# text = A countryman is a man who lives in the country, on a farm or in a village; he is often plain and hard-working.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	countryman	countryman	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	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
22	often	often	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
25	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	working	work	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	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 countryman | a man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present | a man |  |  | the country |  | on a farm or a village | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Location |
| 3 | **is** | present | man |  |  |  |  | often, plain *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **work** | gerund | man *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «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:* (Also a man from one's own country.).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:countryman:m1:2
# text = (Also a man from one's own country.).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Also	also	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The countryman walked home with his cart.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:countryman:x1:1
# text = The countryman walked home with his cart.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	countryman	countryman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | the countryman |  |  |  |  | with countryman's cart; home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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A countryman saw the fight from the hedge.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:countryman:x2:1
# text = A countryman saw the fight from the hedge.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	countryman	countryman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hedge	hedge	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 | **see** | past | a countryman | the fight |  | the hedge |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fight=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The prince asked the aged countryman the way.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:countryman:x3:1
# text = The prince asked the aged countryman the way.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	aged	aged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	countryman	countryman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the prince | the aged countryman |  |  |  | the way *obl:unmarked* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent countryman=Recipient |

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