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title: galician — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «galician» in the school dictionary: From Galicia, a region in the north-west of Spain, or about its people. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# galician

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**Who acts:** Santiago, Many people, Galician coast, Galician, Lviv, great grandparents · **What happens:** speak, split, be, call · **To what, where:** language, Galicia, historic region, Galician city, Galician, Portuguese · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
From Galicia, a region in the north-west of Spain, or about its people.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:galician:m1:1
# text = From Galicia, a region in the north-west of Spain, or about its people.
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Galicia	Galicia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	region	region	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	west	west	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	about	about	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: language — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Galician, a language spoken in Galicia, close to Portuguese.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:galician:m2:1
# text = Galician, a language spoken in Galicia, close to Portuguese.
1	Galician	galician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Galicia	Galicia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Portuguese	Portuguese	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle |  | a language *not said here* |  | Galicia |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
From Galicia, a historic region now split between western Ukraine and south-east Poland, around Lviv and Kraków.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:galician:m3:1
# text = From Galicia, a historic region now split between western Ukraine and south-east Poland, around Lviv and Kraków.
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Galicia	Galicia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	historic	historic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	region	region	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	split	split	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	between	between	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	western	western	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	south	south	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	east	east	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	Poland	Poland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	around	around	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Lviv	Lviv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	Kraków	Kraków	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | participle · passive |  | a historic region |  |  | now | between western Ukraine and east Poland; around Lviv and Kraków; from Galicia | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient from galicia=Co-Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Santiago de Compostela is a Galician city.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:galician:x1:1
# text = Santiago de Compostela is a Galician city.
1	Santiago	Santiago	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	de	de	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	Compostela	Compostela	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Galician	galician	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Santiago | a Galician city |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Many people in Galicia speak Galician and Spanish.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:galician:x2:1
# text = Many people in Galicia speak Galician and Spanish.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Galicia	Galicia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	speak	speak	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Galician	Galician	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	Spanish	Spanish	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | Many people in Galicia | Galician and Spanish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Galician coast is rocky and green.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:galician:x3:1
# text = The Galician coast is rocky and green.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Galician	galician	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	rocky	rocky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Galician coast |  |  |  |  | rocky *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the Galician coast *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Galician is close to Portuguese.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:galician:x4:1
# text = Galician is close to Portuguese.
1	Galician	galician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Portuguese	Portuguese	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 | **is** | present | Galician |  | Portuguese |  |  | close *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lviv was the chief city of Galicia in Austria-Hungary.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:galician:x5:1
# text = Lviv was the chief city of Galicia in Austria-Hungary.
1	Lviv	Lviv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	chief	chief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Galicia	Galicia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Austria	Austria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Hungary	Hungary	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Lviv | the chief city |  | Austria and Hungary |  | of Galicia | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her great-grandparents were Galician farmers from near Lviv.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:galician:x6:1
# text = Her great-grandparents were Galician farmers from near Lviv.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	Galician	galician	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Lviv	Lviv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Her great grandparents | Galician farmers |  | Lviv |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Galician bagpipes are called gaitas.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:galician:x7:1
# text = Galician bagpipes are called gaitas.
1	Galician	galician	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	bagpipes	bagpipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	gaitas	gaita	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present · passive |  | Galician bagpipes |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

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