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title: fen — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «fen» in the school dictionary: A fen is low, flat, wet land, like a marsh, often with reeds and peat. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# fen

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**Who acts:** fen, Fens, much, fēn, Mist, Peat · **What happens:** be, drain, not be, grow, rise, form · **To what, where:** large flat area, Chinese money unit, English word, sense, Much, crops

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«fen» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [fen in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fen.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A fen is low, flat, wet land, like a marsh, often with reeds and peat.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fen:m1:1
# text = A fen is low, flat, wet land, like a marsh, often with reeds and peat.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fen	fen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	marsh	marsh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	often	often	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	reeds	reed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	appos	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	peat	peat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a fen |  |  |  |  | low *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | a fen *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 -->
The Fens are a large flat area of eastern England, much of it drained for farming.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fen:m2:1
# text = The Fens are a large flat area of eastern England, much of it drained for farming.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Fens	fen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	eastern	eastern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	nsubj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nmod	_	_
15	drained	drain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	farming	farming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Fens | a large flat area |  |  |  | of eastern England | tree rules |
| 2 | **drain** | past | much of area |  |  |  |  | for farming | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

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Usage: Mandarin, pinyin — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fēn is a Chinese money unit (one hundredth of a yuan) and a word for «minute» or «points»; it is not an English word in that sense.

<!-- fold The tree, 27 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fen:m3:1
# text = fēn is a Chinese money unit (one hundredth of a yuan) and a word for «minute» or «points»; it is not an English word in that sense.
1	fēn	fēn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	unit	unit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	hundredth	hundredth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	yuan	yuan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	9	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
26	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
27	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	31	cop	_	_
28	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	31	advmod	_	_
29	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
32	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	34	det	_	_
34	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | fēn | a Chinese money unit and a word for minute or points |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present | fēn | a English word |  | that sense |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fen was full of reeds and birds.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fen:x1:1
# text = The fen was full of reeds and birds.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fen	fen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	reeds	reed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the fen |  |  |  |  | of reeds and birds; full *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Much of the Fens was drained to grow crops.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fen:x2:1
# text = Much of the Fens was drained to grow crops.
1	Much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Fens	fen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	drained	drain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
9	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drain** | past · passive |  | Much |  |  |  |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **grow** | to-infinitive |  | crops |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location crop=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mist rose over the fen at dawn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fen:x3:1
# text = Mist rose over the fen at dawn.
1	Mist	mist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fen	fen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | past | Mist |  |  | the fen | dawn |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over fen=Location |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Peat forms in a fen over thousands of years.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fen:x4:1
# text = Peat forms in a fen over thousands of years.
1	Peat	peat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forms	form	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fen	fen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | present | Peat |  |  | a fen |  | over thousands of years | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fen=Location |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ely Cathedral stands like a ship above the Fens.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fen:x5:1
# text = Ely Cathedral stands like a ship above the Fens.
1	Ely	Ely	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Cathedral	Cathedral	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	above	above	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Fens	fen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present | Ely Cathedral |  |  |  |  | like a ship above the Fens | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
(Mandarin, pinyin) In China, ten fen make one jiao.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fen:x6:1
# text = (Mandarin, pinyin) In China, ten fen make one jiao.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Mandarin	Mandarin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	pinyin	pinyin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	4	punct	_	_
6	In	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	fen	fen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	jiao	jiao	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Mandarin in China | one jiao |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jiao=Product |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Over woodland and heath, flood and fen, they flew on, till they reached the wild moor, over which they hovered in broad circles.

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fen:x7:1
# text = Over woodland and heath, flood and fen, they flew on, till they reached the wild moor, over which they hovered in broad circles.
1	Over	over	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	woodland	woodland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	heath	heath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	fen	fen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	on	on	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	over	over	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	obl	_	_
23	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	hovered	hover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	broad	broad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	circles	circle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | flood |  |  | woodland and heath |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over woodland=Location |
| 2 | **reach** | past | flood | the wild moor |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent moor=Theme |
| 3 | **hover** | past | flood |  |  | broad circles |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over which=Location |

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