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title: rove — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «rove» in the school dictionary: To rove is to wander about from place to place with no fixed plan or home. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# rove

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**Who acts:** He, you, They · **What happens:** rove, be, fix, tie · **To what, where:** place, him

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To rove is to wander about from place to place with no fixed plan or home.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rove:m1:1
# text = To rove is to wander about from place to place with no fixed plan or home.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	rove	rove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	wander	wander	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
13	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rove** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  | place to place with no fixed plan or home |  | about, wander *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **fix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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}

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He will rove unless you tie him to a post.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rove:x1:1
# text = He will rove unless you tie him to a post.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	rove	rove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	tie	tie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	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 | **rove** | future | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **tie** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | him *= he* |  |  |  | to a post | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient to post=Co-Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They roved about the open country.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rove:x2:1
# text = They roved about the open country.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	roved	rove	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **rove** | past | They |  |  |  |  | about the open country | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about country=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He roves about the palace garden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rove:x3:1
# text = He roves about the palace garden.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	roves	rove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **rove** | present | He |  |  |  |  | about the palace garden | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about garden=Trajectory |

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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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