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title: dane — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «dane» in the school dictionary: A Dane is a person from Denmark. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# dane

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** Dane, Danes, Vikings, part, Great Dane, King · **What happens:** be, raid, settle, call, rule, attack · **To what, where:** person, Denmark, Vikings, history, England, rule · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«dane» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: [dane in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dane.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: a name — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A Dane is a person from Denmark.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dane:m1:1
# text = A Dane is a person from Denmark.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Dane	Dane	PROPN	NNP	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	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Denmark	Denmark	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a Dane | a person |  | Denmark |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: a name — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In history, the Danes were Vikings from Denmark who raided and settled in England, Ireland and other places; part of England under their rule was called the Danelaw.

<!-- fold The tree, 28 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dane:m2:1
# text = In history, the Danes were Vikings from Denmark who raided and settled in England, Ireland and other places; part of England under their rule was called the Danelaw.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Danes	Dane	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	Vikings	Viking	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Denmark	Denmark	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	raided	raid	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	settled	settle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
25	under	under	ADP	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
26	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj:pass	_	_
28	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux:pass	_	_
29	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	acl	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	Danelaw	Danelaw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Danes | Vikings |  | Denmark |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **raid** | past | Vikings |  |  | history |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **settle** | past | Vikings *not said here* |  |  | England and Ireland and other places |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in england=Location |
| 4 | **call** | past · passive | part of England *not said here* | Vikings's rule |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 5 | **rule** |  | Vikings *= viking* |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A Great Dane is a breed of very large, tall dog, one of the tallest dogs in the world, gentle despite its size.

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dane:m3:1
# text = A Great Dane is a breed of very large, tall dog, one of the tallest dogs in the world, gentle despite its size.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Dane	Dane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	breed	breed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	appos	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	tallest	tall	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	18	amod	_	_
18	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
24	despite	despite	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a Great Dane | a breed |  |  |  | of large tall dog | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A Dane is someone from Denmark.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dane:x1:1
# text = A Dane is someone from Denmark.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Dane	dane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Denmark	Denmark	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a Dane | someone |  | Denmark |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Danes attacked the monastery on the island.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dane:x2:1
# text = The Danes attacked the monastery on the island.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Danes	Dane	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	attacked	attack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	monastery	monastery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attack** | past | the Danes | the monastery |  | the island |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monastery=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
King Alfred fought hard against the Danes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dane:x3:1
# text = King Alfred fought hard against the Danes.
1	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Alfred	Alfred	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
5	against	against	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Danes	Dane	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past | King |  |  |  |  | against the Danes; hard *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Danelaw was the part of England ruled by the Danes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dane:x4:1
# text = The Danelaw was the part of England ruled by the Danes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Danelaw	Danelaw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	ruled	rule	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Danes	Dane	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Danelaw | the part |  |  |  | of England | tree rules |
| 2 | **rule** | participle |  | the part *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our neighbour's Great Dane is taller than me when it stands up.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dane:x5:1
# text = Our neighbour's Great Dane is taller than me when it stands up.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Dane	Dane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	taller	tall	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Our neighbour |  |  |  |  | than me; tall *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **stand up** | present | neighbour |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Scooby-Doo is a Great Dane.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dane:x6:1
# text = Scooby-Doo is a Great Dane.
1	Scooby	Scooby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Doo	Doo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Dane	Dane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Scooby Doo | a Great Dane |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hans Christian Andersen, who wrote fairy tales, was a Dane.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dane:x7:1
# text = Hans Christian Andersen, who wrote fairy tales, was a Dane.
1	Hans	Hans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
2	Christian	Christian	PROPN	NNP	_	1	flat	_	_
3	Andersen	Andersen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
7	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Dane	Dane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | Hans | fairy tales |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Hans | a Dane |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Danish language is spoken by Danes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dane:x8:1
# text = The Danish language is spoken by Danes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Danish	danish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Danes	Dane	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · passive | Danes | the Danish language |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 9 {#x9}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was a Dane, the owner of a travelling theatre.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dane:x9:1
# text = He was a Dane, the owner of a travelling theatre.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Dane	Dane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	travelling	travel	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	theatre	theatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | He | a Dane |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **travel** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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