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title: fed — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «fed» in the school dictionary: The past form of "feed": gave food to a person or an animal. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# fed

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**Who acts:** past form, I, you, farmer, We, Grandma · **What happens:** give, form, need, feed, feed up, mean · **To what, where:** food, person, feed, something, machine, paper · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«fed» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: [fed in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fed.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The past form of "feed": gave food to a person or an animal.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fed:m1:1
# text = The past form of "feed": gave food to a person or an animal.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	feed	feed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
9	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the past form of feed | food | a person or a animal |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent food=Theme to person=Recipient |
| 2 | **form** |  |  | feed |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

<!-- .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 -->
Gave something that is needed into a machine or a system, like feeding paper into a printer.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fed:m2:1
# text = Gave something that is needed into a machine or a system, like feeding paper into a printer.
1	Gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	system	system	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	feeding	feed	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
15	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	into	into	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	printer	printer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme |
| 2 | **need** | present · passive |  |  |  | a machine or a system |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **feed** | gerund |  | paper |  | a printer |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Recipient |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Fed up" (informal) means bored, annoyed or unhappy with something that has gone on too long.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fed:m3:1
# text = "Fed up" (informal) means bored, annoyed or unhappy with something that has gone on too long.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	nsubj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	informal	informal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	obl	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
17	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	acl:relcl	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	_
20	too	too	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed up** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **go on** | present · perfect |  |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Well fed" means having had plenty to eat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fed:m4:1
# text = "Well fed" means having had plenty to eat.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Well	well	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
3	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	plenty	plenty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **have** *not said to happen* | gerund |  | had plenty |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plenty=Patient |
| 4 | **have** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **eat** | to-infinitive |  | had plenty *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I fed the goldfish this morning.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fed:x1:1
# text = I fed the goldfish this morning.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fed	feed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | past | I |  | the goldfish |  | morning |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goldfish=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Have you fed the dog yet?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fed:x2:1
# text = Have you fed the dog yet?
1	Have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | present · perfect | you |  | the dog |  | yet |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The farmer fed the pigs with apples.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fed:x3:1
# text = The farmer fed the pigs with apples.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fed	feed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	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 | **feed** | past | the farmer |  | the pigs |  |  | with apples | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pig=Recipient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The baby was fed at six o'clock.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fed:x4:1
# text = The baby was fed at six o'clock.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | past · passive |  | the baby |  | six o'clock |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I'm fed up with this rain!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fed:x5:1
# text = I'm fed up with this rain!
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed up** | present · passive | I |  |  |  |  | with this rain | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The owl fed on mice and voles.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fed:x6:1
# text = The owl fed on mice and voles.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	voles	vole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | participle |  | the owl *not said here* |  |  |  | on mice and voles | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on mouse=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We fed the ducks with peas, not bread.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fed:x7:1
# text = We fed the ducks with peas, not bread.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fed	feed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | past | We |  | the ducks |  |  | with peas and bread | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duck=Recipient |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandma made sure we were well fed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fed:x8:1
# text = Grandma made sure we were well fed.
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Grandma |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **feed** | past · passive |  | we |  |  |  | well *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

## Example 9 {#x9}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I am well fed, and treated politely.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fed:x9:1
# text = I am well fed, and treated politely.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	treated	treat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
8	politely	politely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | present · passive |  | I |  |  |  | well *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **treat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | politely *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |

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