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title: guanaco — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «guanaco» in the school dictionary: A wild South American animal like a small, slim llama, with a light brown woolly coat, living in the Andes mountains and Patagonia. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# guanaco

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**Who acts:** brown woolly coat, guanaco, We, Guanacos, guanaco spat · **What happens:** live, be, see, tame, come, have · **To what, where:** Andes mountains, wild cousin, herd, dry places, Llamas, guanacos

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«guanaco» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: [guanaco in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/guanaco.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A wild South American animal like a small, slim llama, with a light brown woolly coat, living in the Andes mountains and Patagonia.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guanaco:m1:1
# text = A wild South American animal like a small, slim llama, with a light brown woolly coat, living in the Andes mountains and Patagonia.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	slim	slim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	llama	llama	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
15	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
16	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	woolly	woolly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	acl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	Andes	Ande	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	24	compound	_	_
24	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	Patagonia	Patagonia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | gerund | a brown woolly coat *not said here* |  |  | the Andes mountains and Patagonia |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mountain=Location |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A guanaco is a wild cousin of the llama.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guanaco:x1:1
# text = A guanaco is a wild cousin of the llama.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guanaco	guanaco	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	llama	llama	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a guanaco | a wild cousin |  |  |  | of the llama | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We saw a herd of guanacos in Patagonia.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guanaco:x2:1
# text = We saw a herd of guanacos in Patagonia.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	guanacos	guanaco	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Patagonia	Patagonia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | We | a herd of guanacos in Patagonia |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer herd=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Guanacos can live in very dry places.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guanaco:x3:1
# text = Guanacos can live in very dry places.
1	Guanacos	guanaco	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | can | Guanacos |  |  | dry places |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Llamas were tamed from guanacos thousands of years ago.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guanaco:x4:1
# text = Llamas were tamed from guanacos thousands of years ago.
1	Llamas	llama	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	tamed	tame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	guanacos	guanaco	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tame** | past · passive |  | Llamas |  | guanacos |  | ago *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The guanaco spat when the tourist came too close.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guanaco:x5:1
# text = The guanaco spat when the tourist came too close.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	guanaco	guanaco	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	spat	spat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tourist	tourist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the guanaco spat |  |  |  |  | close *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Guanacos have thick wool to keep warm in the Andes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guanaco:x6:1
# text = Guanacos have thick wool to keep warm in the Andes.
1	Guanacos	guanaco	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Andes	Ande	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Guanacos | thick wool |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wool=Patient |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | Guanacos *not said here* | thick wool *not said here* |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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