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title: overland — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «overland» in the school dictionary: Across land, by road or on foot, rather than by sea or by air. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# overland

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**Who acts:** pioneers, We, overland route, animals, explorers, overland telegraph line · **What happens:** travel, go, fly, take, migrate, carry · **To what, where:** covered wagons, Rome, others, water, overland trek, Australia

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Across land, by road or on foot, rather than by sea or by air.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:overland:m1:1
# text = Across land, by road or on foot, rather than by sea or by air.
1	Across	across	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	13	cc	_	_
11	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The pioneers travelled overland in covered wagons.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:overland:x1:1
# text = The pioneers travelled overland in covered wagons.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pioneers	pioneer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	travelled	travel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	overland	overland	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	covered	covered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	wagons	wagon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | past | the pioneers |  |  | covered wagons |  | overland *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wagon=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We went overland by train from London to Rome instead of flying.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:overland:x2:1
# text = We went overland by train from London to Rome instead of flying.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	overland	overland	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=SCONJ	12	mark	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | We |  |  | Rome |  | by train from London; overland *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to rome=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **fly** | gerund | We *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The overland route through the desert took weeks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:overland:x3:1
# text = The overland route through the desert took weeks.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	overland	overland	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	route	route	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | the overland route through the desert |  |  |  | week |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some animals migrate overland, others by sea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:overland:x4:1
# text = Some animals migrate overland, others by sea.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	migrate	migrate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	overland	overland	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sea	sea	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 | **migrate** | present | some animals | others |  |  |  | by sea; overland *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The explorers carried water on their overland trek.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:overland:x5:1
# text = The explorers carried water on their overland trek.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	explorers	explorer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	overland	overland	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	trek	trek	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 | **carry** | past | the explorers | water |  | explorers's overland trek |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The overland telegraph line crossed Australia.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:overland:x6:1
# text = The overland telegraph line crossed Australia.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	overland	overland	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	telegraph	telegraph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	crossed	cross	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | participle | the overland telegraph line *not said here* | Australia |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent australia=Patient |

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