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title: primeval — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «primeval» in the school dictionary: Very, very old; from the earliest times of the world, long before people lived. (A rather grand word.). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# primeval

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**Who acts:** people, Primeval forests, anyone, Dinosaurs · **What happens:** live, grow, call, roam · **To what, where:** Earth, gods, primeval world · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Very, very old; from the earliest times of the world, long before people lived. (A rather grand word.).

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*Sentence 1:* Very, very old; from the earliest times of the world, long before people lived.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:primeval:m1:1
# text = Very, very old; from the earliest times of the world, long before people lived.
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	earliest	early	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	17	advmod	_	_
15	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | people |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* (A rather grand word.).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:primeval:m1:2
# text = (A rather grand word.).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	rather	rather	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Primeval forests grew here before anyone lived on the Earth.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:primeval:x1:1
# text = Primeval forests grew here before anyone lived on the Earth.
1	Primeval	primeval	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
5	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nsubj	_	_
7	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | Primeval forests |  |  | here |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **live** | past | anyone |  |  | the Earth |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on earth=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The gods of old were called primeval.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:primeval:x2:1
# text = The gods of old were called primeval.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nmod	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	primeval	primeval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past · passive |  | the gods of old |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dinosaurs roamed the primeval world.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:primeval:x3:1
# text = Dinosaurs roamed the primeval world.
1	Dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	roamed	roam	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	primeval	primeval	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roam** | past | Dinosaurs | the primeval world |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme world=Trajectory |

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