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title: fruitful — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «fruitful» in the school dictionary: Fruitful means producing much fruit or crops, so the land gives rich harvests. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# fruitful

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**Who acts:** Fruitful, land, fields, farmers, orchard, They · **What happens:** mean, produce, give, be, have, solve · **To what, where:** much fruit, rich harvests, good results, fruitful talk, problem

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«fruitful» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [fruitful in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fruitful.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Fruitful means producing much fruit or crops, so the land gives rich harvests.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fruitful:m1:1
# text = Fruitful means producing much fruit or crops, so the land gives rich harvests.
1	Fruitful	fruitful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	producing	produce	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
13	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	harvests	harvest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Fruitful |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **produce** *not said to happen* | gerund | Fruitful *not said here* | much fruit or crops |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Result |
| 3 | **give** | present | the land | rich harvests |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harvest=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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Fruitful can mean useful and successful, giving good results.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fruitful:m2:1
# text = Fruitful can mean useful and successful, giving good results.
1	Fruitful	fruitful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	successful	successful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	results	result	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can | Fruitful |  |  |  |  | useful *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give** | gerund | Fruitful *not said here* | good results |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fields were fruitful and the farmers were rich.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fruitful:x1:1
# text = The fields were fruitful and the farmers were rich.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	fruitful	fruitful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the fields |  |  |  |  | fruitful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the farmers |  |  |  |  | rich *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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After a wet spring the orchard was fruitful.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fruitful:x2:1
# text = After a wet spring the orchard was fruitful.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	orchard	orchard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	fruitful	fruitful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the orchard |  |  |  | spring | fruitful *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They had a fruitful talk and solved the problem.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fruitful:x3:1
# text = They had a fruitful talk and solved the problem.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fruitful	fruitful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	solved	solve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | They | a fruitful talk |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talk=Patient |
| 2 | **solve** | past | They *not said here* | the problem |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Topic |

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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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