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title: hermit — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «hermit» in the school dictionary: A hermit is a person who chooses to live alone, away from other people, often for religious reasons or to think and pray. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# hermit

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**Who acts:** hermit, person, hermit crab, crab, Christians, he · **What happens:** be, choose, live, think, pray, go out · **To what, where:** person, people, Someone, crab, empty shell, cave · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A hermit is a person who chooses to live alone, away from other people, often for religious reasons or to think and pray.

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hermit:m1:1
# text = A hermit is a person who chooses to live alone, away from other people, often for religious reasons or to think and pray.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hermit	hermit	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	chooses	choose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	often	often	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	parataxis	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	conj	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	pray	pray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a hermit | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **choose** | present | a person |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **live** | to-infinitive | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | alone, away *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **pray** | infinitive | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Someone who hardly ever goes out or meets people is sometimes jokingly called a hermit.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hermit:m2:1
# text = Someone who hardly ever goes out or meets people is sometimes jokingly called a hermit.
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
3	hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	meets	meet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
11	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	13	advmod	_	_
12	jokingly	jokingly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hermit	hermit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | present |  |  |  |  | ever | hardly *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **meet** | present |  | people |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **call** | present · passive |  | Someone |  |  |  | jokingly, sometimes *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A hermit crab is a crab that lives inside an empty shell of another sea animal.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hermit:m3:1
# text = A hermit crab is a crab that lives inside an empty shell of another sea animal.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hermit	hermit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	det	_	_
15	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a hermit crab | a crab |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present | a crab |  |  | a empty shell of another sea animal |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside shell=Location |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hermit lived alone in a cave on the hill.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hermit:x1:1
# text = The hermit lived alone in a cave on the hill.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hermit	hermit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the hermit |  |  | a cave |  | on the hill; alone *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cave=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Long ago, some Christians became hermits to pray in the desert.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hermit:x2:1
# text = Long ago, some Christians became hermits to pray in the desert.
1	Long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
2	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	hermits	hermit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	pray	pray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | some Christians | hermits |  |  |  | ago *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pray** | to-infinitive | some Christians *not said here* |  |  | the desert |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A hermit crab looks for a bigger shell when it grows.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hermit:x3:1
# text = A hermit crab looks for a bigger shell when it grows.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hermit	hermit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | a hermit crab |  |  |  |  | for a bigger shell | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for shell=Theme |
| 2 | **grow** | present | crab |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Since he started his game, my brother has been a hermit in his room.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hermit:x4:1
# text = Since he started his game, my brother has been a hermit in his room.
1	Since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	cop	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hermit	hermit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | past | he | his game |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** | present · perfect | my brother | a hermit |  | his room |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the story, the children met a wise hermit in the forest.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hermit:x5:1
# text = In the story, the children met a wise hermit in the forest.
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	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hermit	hermit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | past | the children | a wise hermit |  | the story |  | in the forest | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hermit=Co-Agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hermit grew vegetables and rarely spoke to anyone.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hermit:x6:1
# text = The hermit grew vegetables and rarely spoke to anyone.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hermit	hermit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	rarely	rarely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | the hermit | vegetables |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location vegetable=Theme |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the hermit *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to anyone; rarely *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to anyone=Co-Agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
“I cannot say,” answered the hermit.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hermit:x7:1
# text = “I cannot say,” answered the hermit.
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
8	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hermit	hermit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | can | the hermit *= hermit* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the hermit |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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