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title: herdsman — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «herdsman» in the school dictionary: A herdsman is a person who looks after a herd of cattle, sheep or goats. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# herdsman

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**Who acts:** herdsman, person · **What happens:** be, look, lead, search, lose, drive · **To what, where:** person, cows, hills, sheep, hill

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A herdsman is a person who looks after a herd of cattle, sheep or goats.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:herdsman:m1:1
# text = A herdsman is a person who looks after a herd of cattle, sheep or goats.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	herdsman	herdsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	goats	goat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a herdsman | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | present | a person |  |  |  | after a herd of cattle and sheep or goats |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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}

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The herdsman led the cows home at dusk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:herdsman:x1:1
# text = The herdsman led the cows home at dusk.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	herdsman	herdsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	led	lead	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	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dusk	dusk	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 | **lead** | past | the herdsman | the cows |  |  | dusk | home *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The herdsman searched the hills for his lost bull.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:herdsman:x2:1
# text = The herdsman searched the hills for his lost bull.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	herdsman	herdsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	searched	search	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	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	bull	bull	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 | **search** | past | the herdsman | the hills |  |  |  | for herdsman's lost bull | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent hill=Location for bull=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Every morning the herdsman drove the sheep to the hill.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:herdsman:x3:1
# text = Every morning the herdsman drove the sheep to the hill.
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	herdsman	herdsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	drove	drive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | past | the herdsman | the sheep |  | the hill | morning |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme to hill=Trajectory |

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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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