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title: sheepfold — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «sheepfold» in the school dictionary: A sheepfold is a pen or small fenced place where sheep are kept safe at night. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# sheepfold

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**Who acts:** sheepfold, shepherd, lamb · **What happens:** be, fence, keep, lock, run back, not let · **To what, where:** pen, sheep, gate, sheepfold, fox

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A sheepfold is a pen or small fenced place where sheep are kept safe at night.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sheepfold:m1:1
# text = A sheepfold is a pen or small fenced place where sheep are kept safe at night.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sheepfold	sheepfold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	fenced	fence	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
11	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a sheepfold | a pen or small fenced place |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fence** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **keep** | present · passive |  | sheep |  |  | night | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The shepherd locked the gate of the sheepfold.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sheepfold:x1:1
# text = The shepherd locked the gate of the sheepfold.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	locked	lock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sheepfold	sheepfold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | past | the shepherd | the gate of the sheepfold |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The lamb ran back to the sheepfold before dark.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sheepfold:x2:1
# text = The lamb ran back to the sheepfold before dark.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sheepfold	sheepfold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run back** | past | the lamb |  |  | the sheepfold | before dark |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to sheepfold=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A fox must not be let into the sheepfold.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sheepfold:x3:1
# text = A fox must not be let into the sheepfold.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	let	let	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sheepfold	sheepfold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **let** | must · passive |  | a fox |  | the sheepfold |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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