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title: fisherwoman — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «fisherwoman» in the school dictionary: A fisherwoman is a woman who catches fish, or who sells fish in the street. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# fisherwoman

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**Who acts:** fisherwoman, woman, palace · **What happens:** be, catch, sell, pass, cry, call · **To what, where:** woman, fish, street, market, palace, fisherwoman · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«fisherwoman» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [fisherwoman in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fisherwoman.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A fisherwoman is a woman who catches fish, or who sells fish in the street.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fisherwoman:m1:1
# text = A fisherwoman is a woman who catches fish, or who sells fish in the street.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fisherwoman	fisherwoman	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	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	catches	catch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	sells	sell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 fisherwoman | a woman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **catch** | present | a woman | fish |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme |
| 3 | **sell** | present |  | fish |  | the street |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme |

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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 fisherwoman sold her fish at the market.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fisherwoman:x1:1
# text = The fisherwoman sold her fish at the market.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fisherwoman	fisherwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past | the fisherwoman | fisherwoman's fish |  | the market |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent fish=Theme at market=Asset |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A fisherwoman passed the palace crying her fish.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fisherwoman:x2:1
# text = A fisherwoman passed the palace crying her fish.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fisherwoman	fisherwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	passed	pass	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	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | past | a fisherwoman | the palace |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=Trajectory |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | the palace *not said here* | fisherwoman's fish |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The fisherwoman had caught a large trout.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fisherwoman:x3:1
# text = The fisherwoman had caught a large trout.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fisherwoman	fisherwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	trout	trout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past · perfect · passive |  | the fisherwoman |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary trout=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The queen called to the fisherwoman from the window.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fisherwoman:x4:1
# text = The queen called to the fisherwoman from the window.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fisherwoman	fisherwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | participle |  | the queen *not said here* | the fisherwoman from the window |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to fisherwoman=Recipient |

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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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