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title: cultivator — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «cultivator» in the school dictionary: A cultivator is a person who grows crops and works the land, a farmer. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# cultivator

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**Who acts:** cultivator, person, machine, He, bull, seeds · **What happens:** be, grow, work, break up, plant, decide · **To what, where:** person, crops, land, machine, soil, country

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«cultivator» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [cultivator in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cultivator.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A cultivator is a person who grows crops and works the land, a farmer.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cultivator:m1:1
# text = A cultivator is a person who grows crops and works the land, a farmer.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cultivator	cultivator	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	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 cultivator | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | present | a person | crops |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location crop=Theme |
| 3 | **work** | present | a person *not said here* | the land and a farmer |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent land=Material |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A cultivator is also a machine that breaks up the soil before planting.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cultivator:m2:1
# text = A cultivator is also a machine that breaks up the soil before planting.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cultivator	cultivator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	planting	plant	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 cultivator | a machine |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **break up** | present | a machine | the soil |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soil=Patient |
| 3 | **plant** | gerund | a machine *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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He decided to rid the country of the bull, which had become a terror to the cultivators.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cultivator:x1:1
# text = He decided to rid the country of the bull, which had become a terror to the cultivators.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	decided	decide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	rid	rid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	terror	terror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	xcomp	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	cultivators	cultivator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **rid** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the country of the bull |  |  |  |  | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Source |
| 3 | **become** | past · perfect | the bull | a terror to the cultivators |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cultivator broke up the soil before the seeds went in.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cultivator:x2:1
# text = The cultivator broke up the soil before the seeds went in.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cultivator	cultivator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break up** | past | the cultivator | the soil |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soil=Patient |
| 2 | **go in** | past | the seeds |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was a land cultivator with many fish ponds.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cultivator:x3:1
# text = She was a land cultivator with many fish ponds.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	cultivator	cultivator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	ponds	pond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	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** | past | She | a land cultivator |  |  |  | with many fish ponds | tree rules |

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