---
title: nigerien — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «nigerien» in the school dictionary: From or to do with Niger, a country in West Africa. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nigerien/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/) / nigerien

# nigerien

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** Nigerien family, Nigerien farmers, Nigerien capital, Many Nigeriens, Nigerien desert, We · **What happens:** do, move, grow, be, speak, have · **To what, where:** street, millet, dry soil, Niamey, French, camel caravans · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«nigerien» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [nigerien in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nigerien.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
From or to do with Niger, a country in West Africa.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nigerien:m1:1
# text = From or to do with Niger, a country in West Africa.
1	From	from	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Niger	Niger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	West	West	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with Niger | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .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}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A person from Niger.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nigerien:m2:1
# text = A person from Niger.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Niger	Niger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A Nigerien family moved into our street.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nigerien:x1:1
# text = A Nigerien family moved into our street.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Nigerien	Nigerien	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past | a Nigerien family |  |  | our street |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into street=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nigerien farmers grow millet in dry soil.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nigerien:x2:1
# text = Nigerien farmers grow millet in dry soil.
1	Nigerien	nigerien	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	millet	millet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Nigerien farmers | millet |  | dry soil |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location millet=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Nigerien capital is Niamey.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nigerien:x3:1
# text = The Nigerien capital is Niamey.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Nigerien	Nigerien	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Niamey	Niamey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Nigerien capital | Niamey |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Many Nigeriens speak French and Hausa.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nigerien:x4:1
# text = Many Nigeriens speak French and Hausa.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	Nigeriens	nigerien	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	speak	speak	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	Hausa	Hausa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | Many Nigeriens | French and Hausa |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Nigerien desert has camel caravans.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nigerien:x5:1
# text = The Nigerien desert has camel caravans.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Nigerien	Nigerien	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	caravans	caravan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the Nigerien desert | camel caravans |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caravan=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We read about Nigerien schoolchildren in our geography book.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nigerien:x6:1
# text = We read about Nigerien schoolchildren in our geography book.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Nigerien	Nigerien	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	schoolchildren	schoolchild	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	geography	geography	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past | We |  |  | our geography book |  | about Nigerien schoolchildren | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about schoolchild=Topic |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [nigerian](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nigerian/)
- next →: [nigh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nigh/)
- ↑ back to [N in school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/)