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title: heath — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «heath» in the school dictionary: A heath is a large area of open, wild land with poor soil, covered with low plants like heather, gorse and grasses, and few trees. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# heath

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**Who acts:** heath, We, purple heather, Lizards, campfire, wind · **What happens:** be, cover, grass, walk, grow, bask · **To what, where:** large area, heath, sun, fire, dry weather, open heath

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A heath is a large area of open, wild land with poor soil, covered with low plants like heather, gorse and grasses, and few trees.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heath:m1:1
# text = A heath is a large area of open, wild land with poor soil, covered with low plants like heather, gorse and grasses, and few trees.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	heath	heath	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	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	parataxis	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
20	like	like	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	heather	heather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	gorse	gorse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	grasses	grass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	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 heath | a large area and few trees |  |  |  | of open wild land with poor soil | tree rules |
| 2 | **cover** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with low plants like heather and gorse | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with plant=Theme |
| 3 | **grass** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

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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 -->
We walked across the heath where purple heather grew.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heath:x1:1
# text = We walked across the heath where purple heather grew.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	across	across	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	heath	heath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
7	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	heather	heather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | We |  |  | the heath |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across heath=Trajectory |
| 2 | **grow** | past | purple heather |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lizards bask in the sun on the heath.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heath:x2:1
# text = Lizards bask in the sun on the heath.
1	Lizards	lizard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bask	bask	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	heath	heath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bask** | present | Lizards |  |  | the sun |  | on the heath | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In dry weather, a campfire can start a fire on the heath.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heath:x3:1
# text = In dry weather, a campfire can start a fire on the heath.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	campfire	campfire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	heath	heath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | can | a campfire | a fire |  | dry weather |  | on the heath | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The wind blew hard across the open heath.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heath:x4:1
# text = The wind blew hard across the open heath.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
5	across	across	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	heath	heath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past | the wind |  |  | the open heath |  | hard *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the story, the travellers met three witches on a lonely heath.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heath:x5:1
# text = In the story, the travellers met three witches on a lonely heath.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	witches	witch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	lonely	lonely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	heath	heath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | past | the travellers | three witches |  | the story |  | on a lonely heath | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Co-Agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hampstead Heath is a big park in London.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heath:x6:1
# text = Hampstead Heath is a big park in London.
1	Hampstead	Hampstead	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	Heath	Heath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
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	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Hampstead | a big park |  | London |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So they continued their journey across the rugged heath.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heath:x7:1
# text = So they continued their journey across the rugged heath.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	continued	continue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	across	across	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	rugged	rugged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	heath	heath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **continue** | past | they | their journey |  | the rugged heath |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **journey** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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