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title: outlying — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «outlying» in the school dictionary: Outlying means far from the centre, out on the edge of a place. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# outlying

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**Who acts:** They, outlying houses, school · **What happens:** outlie, mean, walk, be, serve · **To what, where:** centre, outlying villages

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Outlying means far from the centre, out on the edge of a place.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:outlying:m1:1
# text = Outlying means far from the centre, out on the edge of a place.
1	Outlying	outlie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **outlie** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  | the centre |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent centre=Topic |

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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 -->
They walked to the outlying farms.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:outlying:x1:1
# text = They walked to the outlying farms.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	outlying	outlie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	farms	farm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | They |  |  |  |  | to the outlying farms *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to farm=Result |
| 2 | **outlie** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The outlying houses were dark.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:outlying:x2:1
# text = The outlying houses were dark.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	outlying	outlie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **outlie** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the outlying houses |  |  |  |  | dark *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The school serves the outlying villages.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:outlying:x3:1
# text = The school serves the outlying villages.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	serves	serve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	outlying	outlie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	villages	village	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | the school | the outlying villages |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent village=Attribute |
| 2 | **outlie** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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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