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title: forefather — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «forefather» in the school dictionary: A man from an earlier generation of your family; an ancestor. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# forefather

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**Who acts:** forefathers, king · **What happens:** come, build, curse, pride · **To what, where:** Scotland, village, pride, forefathers

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A man from an earlier generation of your family; an ancestor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:forefather:m1:1
# text = A man from an earlier generation of your family; an ancestor.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	earlier	early	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	generation	generation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ancestor	ancestor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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My forefathers came from Scotland.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:forefather:x1:1
# text = My forefathers came from Scotland.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	forefathers	forefather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | My forefathers |  |  | Scotland |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from scotland=Initial\_Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Our forefathers built this village.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:forefather:x2:1
# text = Our forefathers built this village.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	forefathers	forefather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | Our forefathers | this village |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset village=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The king cursed the pride of his forefathers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:forefather:x3:1
# text = The king cursed the pride of his forefathers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cursed	curse	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	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	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	forefathers	forefather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | past | the king | the pride of king's forefathers |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pride=Theme |
| 2 | **pride** |  |  | king's forefathers |  |  |  |  | nom pride «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

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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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