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title: lore — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «lore» in the school dictionary: Lore is knowledge and stories handed down by a people, such as folk tales and customs. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# lore

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**Who acts:** Lore, old woman, Folk lore, Grandpa · **What happens:** be, hand down, mean, know, talk, share · **To what, where:** Lore knowledge, stories, body, lore

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«lore» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [lore in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lore.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Lore is knowledge and stories handed down by a people, such as folk tales and customs.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lore:m1:1
# text = Lore is knowledge and stories handed down by a people, such as folk tales and customs.
1	Lore	lore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	handed	hand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	15	case	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	customs	custom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Lore knowledge and stories |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hand down** | participle |  | stories *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Lore can also mean a body of knowledge about one subject, such as bird lore.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lore:m2:1
# text = Lore can also mean a body of knowledge about one subject, such as bird lore.
1	Lore	lore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	16	case	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	lore	lore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can | Lore | a body of knowledge about one subject and bird lore |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Topic |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The old woman knew the lore of herbs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lore:x1:1
# text = The old woman knew the lore of herbs.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lore	lore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past | the old woman | the lore of herbs |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer lore=Stimulus |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Folk lore is full of talking animals.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lore:x2:1
# text = Folk lore is full of talking animals.
1	Folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	lore	lore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Folk lore |  |  |  |  | of talking animals; full *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **talk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Grandpa shared his lore about the stars.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lore:x3:1
# text = Grandpa shared his lore about the stars.
1	Grandpa	Grandpa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shared	share	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	lore	lore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | past | Grandpa | Grandpa's lore |  |  |  | about the stars | tree rules |

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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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