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title: folklore — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «folklore» in the school dictionary: Folklore is the old stories, songs and beliefs of a people, passed down by word of mouth. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# folklore

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**Who acts:** Folklore, I · **What happens:** be, pass down, believe, word, enable, collect · **To what, where:** old stories, people, mouth, I, way, folklore

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Folklore is the old stories, songs and beliefs of a people, passed down by word of mouth.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:folklore:m1:1
# text = Folklore is the old stories, songs and beliefs of a people, passed down by word of mouth.
1	Folklore	folklore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	beliefs	belief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
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	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
15	down	down	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Folklore | the old stories and songs and beliefs of a people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pass down** | participle |  | the old stories and songs and beliefs of a people *not said here* |  |  |  | by word of mouth | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by word=Location |
| 3 | **believe** |  |  | a people |  |  |  |  | nom belief «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **word** |  |  | mouth |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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In this way I have been enabled to collect and verify the folklore included in this volume.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:folklore:x1:1
# text = In this way I have been enabled to collect and verify the folklore included in this volume.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	enabled	enable	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	collect	collect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	verify	verify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	folklore	folklore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	included	include	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	det	_	_
17	volume	volume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enable** | present · perfect · passive |  | I |  | this way |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **collect** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **verify** | infinitive | I *not said here* | the folklore |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot folklore=Topic |
| 4 | **include** | participle |  | the folklore *not said here* |  |  |  | in this volume *goal* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in volume=Goal |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:folklore:x2:1
# text = Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages.
1	Folklore	folklore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	legends	legend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	myths	myth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
9	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	childhood	childhood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	through	through	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | present · perfect · passive |  | Folklore legends and myths and fairy tales |  |  | through the ages |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme childhood=Attribute |

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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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