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title: district — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «district» in the school dictionary: A district is an area of a town, city or country, often with its own name or purpose. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# district

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**Who acts:** district, We, school district, shopping district, Lake District, old district · **What happens:** be, name, mark out, run, live, have · **To what, where:** area, quiet district, twelve schools, mountains, own council, narrow streets

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«district» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [district in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/district.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A district is an area of a town, city or country, often with its own name or purpose.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:district:m1:1
# text = A district is an area of a town, city or country, often with its own name or purpose.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	district	district	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	often	often	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
17	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 district | a area and district's own name or purpose |  |  |  | of a town and city or country | tree rules |
| 2 | **name** |  | district |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A district is an area marked out by a government for running schools, voting, courts and other services.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:district:m2:1
# text = A district is an area marked out by a government for running schools, voting, courts and other services.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	district	district	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	marked	mark	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:agent	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	amod	_	_
13	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	voting	voting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	courts	court	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 district | a area |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mark out** | participle |  | a area *not said here* |  |  |  | for running schools and voting and courts and other services | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We live in a quiet district near the river.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:district:x1:1
# text = We live in a quiet district near the river.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	district	district	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	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 | **live** | present | We |  |  | a quiet district near the river |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in district=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our school district has twelve schools.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:district:x2:1
# text = Our school district has twelve schools.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	district	district	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Our school district | twelve schools |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The shopping district is busy on Saturdays.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:district:x3:1
# text = The shopping district is busy on Saturdays.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	shopping	shopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	district	district	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Saturdays	Saturday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the shopping district |  |  |  | saturday | busy *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Lake District has mountains and lakes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:district:x4:1
# text = The Lake District has mountains and lakes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Lake	Lake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	District	District	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	lakes	lake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the Lake District | mountains and lakes |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mountain=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Each district has its own council.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:district:x5:1
# text = Each district has its own council.
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	district	district	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	council	council	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 | **have** | present | each district | district's own council |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent council=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The old district has narrow streets.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:district:x6:1
# text = The old district has narrow streets.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	district	district	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the old district | narrow streets |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent street=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Firefighters from three districts helped.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:district:x7:1
# text = Firefighters from three districts helped.
1	Firefighters	firefighter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	districts	district	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past | Firefighters from three districts |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Indeed, save in the remote country districts, the dialect of the legends has nearly disappeared.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:district:x8:1
# text = Indeed, save in the remote country districts, the dialect of the legends has nearly disappeared.
1	Indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	save	save	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	remote	remote	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	districts	district	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dialect	dialect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	legends	legend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
15	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	disappeared	disappear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the remote country districts |  | indeed *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **disappear** | present · perfect | the dialect of the legends | the remote country districts *not said here* |  |  |  | nearly *property* | tree rules |

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