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title: dweller — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «dweller» in the school dictionary: A dweller is a person or creature who lives in a certain place. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# dweller

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**Who acts:** dweller, creature, dwellers, City dwellers, Cave dwellers · **What happens:** be, live, wake, walk, work, make · **To what, where:** person, certain place, fires

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A dweller is a person or creature who lives in a certain place.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dweller:m1:1
# text = A dweller is a person or creature who lives in a certain place.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dweller	dweller	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	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 dweller | a person or creature |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present | creature |  |  | a certain place |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location |

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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 dwellers in the castle woke with a shock.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dweller:x1:1
# text = The dwellers in the castle woke with a shock.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dwellers	dweller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	woke	wake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	shock	shock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake** | past | the dwellers in the castle |  |  |  |  | with a shock | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with shock=Instrument |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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City dwellers often walk to work.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dweller:x2:1
# text = City dwellers often walk to work.
1	City	city	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dwellers	dweller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	often	often	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present | City dwellers |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **work** | to-infinitive | City dwellers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Cave dwellers made fires for warmth.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dweller:x3:1
# text = Cave dwellers made fires for warmth.
1	Cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	dwellers	dweller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	fires	fire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	warmth	warmth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Cave dwellers | fires |  |  |  | for warmth | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent fire=Product for warmth=Asset |

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