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title: ethnologist — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ethnologist» in the school dictionary: An ethnologist is a person who studies different peoples, their customs and their origins. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ethnologist

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**Who acts:** ethnologist, person · **What happens:** be, study, write down, tell, learn · **To what, where:** person, different peoples, tales, lot, stories · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An ethnologist is a person who studies different peoples, their customs and their origins.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ethnologist:m1:1
# text = An ethnologist is a person who studies different peoples, their customs and their origins.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ethnologist	ethnologist	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	studies	study	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	customs	custom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	origins	origin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	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 ethnologist | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **study** | present | a person | different peoples and peoples's customs and peoples's origins |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Topic |

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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 ethnologist wrote down the tales told by the old men.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ethnologist:x1:1
# text = The ethnologist wrote down the tales told by the old men.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ethnologist	ethnologist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write down** | past | the ethnologist | the tales |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle |  | the tales *not said here* |  |  |  | by the old men | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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An ethnologist can learn a lot from the stories of a people.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ethnologist:x2:1
# text = An ethnologist can learn a lot from the stories of a people.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ethnologist	ethnologist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | can | a ethnologist | a lot |  | the stories of a people |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent lot=Topic from story=Source |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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