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title: explorer — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «explorer» in the school dictionary: An explorer is a person who travels to unknown or little-known places to find out about them. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# explorer

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**Who acts:** explorer, person, file explorer, computer program, Explorers, little sister · **What happens:** be, travel, know, find out, like, look around · **To what, where:** person, unknown, anyone, new things, computer program, files

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«explorer» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: [explorer in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/explorer.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An explorer is a person who travels to unknown or little-known places to find out about them.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:explorer:m1:1
# text = An explorer is a person who travels to unknown or little-known places to find out about them.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	explorer	explorer	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	travels	travel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	unknown	unknown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
17	out	out	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
18	about	about	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a explorer | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **travel** | present | a person |  |  | unknown |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to unknown=Destination |
| 3 | **know** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **find out** | to-infinitive | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about places *= place* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about they=Topic |

<!-- .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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An explorer can be anyone who likes to look around and discover new things.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:explorer:m2:1
# text = An explorer can be anyone who likes to look around and discover new things.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	explorer	explorer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	around	around	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	discover	discover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
13	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | a explorer | anyone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **like** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **look around** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | around *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **discover** | infinitive |  | new things |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A file explorer is a computer program for finding files.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:explorer:m3:1
# text = A file explorer is a computer program for finding files.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	file	file	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	explorer	explorer	NOUN	NN	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	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	program	program	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	finding	find	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	files	file	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a file explorer | a computer program |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | gerund | a computer program *not said here* | files |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent file=Topic |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The explorer crossed the frozen Antarctic.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:explorer:x1:1
# text = The explorer crossed the frozen Antarctic.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	explorer	explorer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	crossed	cross	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	Antarctic	Antarctic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | past | the explorer | the frozen Antarctic |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent antarctic=Patient |
| 2 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Explorers used compasses and the stars to find their way.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:explorer:x2:1
# text = Explorers used compasses and the stars to find their way.
1	Explorers	explorer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	compasses	compass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | Explorers | compasses and the stars |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compass=Patient |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | Explorers *not said here* | Explorers's way |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My little sister is a great explorer of the garden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:explorer:x3:1
# text = My little sister is a great explorer of the garden.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	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	explorer	explorer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | My little sister | a great explorer |  |  |  | of the garden | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Astronauts are explorers of space.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:explorer:x4:1
# text = Astronauts are explorers of space.
1	Astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	explorers	explorer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The explorer wrote about everything in his diary.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:explorer:x5:1
# text = The explorer wrote about everything in his diary.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	explorer	explorer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	diary	diary	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 | **write** | past | the explorer |  |  | explorer's diary |  | about everything | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about everything=Topic |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Many lands the explorers «discovered» already had people living there.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:explorer:x6:1
# text = Many lands the explorers «discovered» already had people living there.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	explorers	explorer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	discovered	discover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	already	already	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discover** *in a quote* | past | the explorers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | past | Many lands and the explorers | people |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |
| 3 | **live** | gerund | people *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We dressed up as jungle explorers for the party.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:explorer:x7:1
# text = We dressed up as jungle explorers for the party.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dressed	dress	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	jungle	jungle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	explorers	explorer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dress up** | past | We |  |  |  |  | as jungle explorers; for the party | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A long way off in the winter mist they could see the explorer Nordenskiold with his ship Vega trying to find an opening between the ice.

<!-- fold The tree, 26 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:explorer:x8:1
# text = A long way off in the winter mist they could see the explorer Nordenskiold with his ship Vega trying to find an opening between the ice.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	off	off	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	mist	mist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	explorer	explorer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	Nordenskiold	Nordenskiold	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	Vega	Vega	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	_
19	trying	try	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	acl	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	xcomp	_	_
22	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	opening	opening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
24	between	between	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | could | they | a long way |  | the winter mist |  | with Nordenskiold's ship | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer explorer=Stimulus |
| 2 | **try** | gerund | Nordenskiold's ship *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **find** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Nordenskiold's ship *not said here* | a opening |  |  |  | between the ice | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opening=Topic |

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