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title: shepherdess — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «shepherdess» in the school dictionary: A woman or girl who looks after sheep. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# shepherdess

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**Who acts:** girl, Little Bo, shepherdess, Gran, Rachel, story · **What happens:** look, figure, be, lose, lead, have · **To what, where:** pretty shepherdess, shepherdess, sheep, flock, hill, china shepherdess · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«shepherdess» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [shepherdess in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shepherdess.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A woman or girl who looks after sheep.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shepherdess:m1:1
# text = A woman or girl who looks after sheep.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | girl |  |  |  | after sheep |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: stories, art — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A figure of a pretty shepherdess in old paintings, poems and china ornaments.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shepherdess:m2:1
# text = A figure of a pretty shepherdess in old paintings, poems and china ornaments.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	pretty	pretty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	shepherdess	shepherdess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	paintings	painting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	poems	poem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	china	china	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	ornaments	ornament	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **figure** |  |  | a pretty shepherdess in old paintings and poems and china ornaments |  |  |  |  | nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Little Bo-Peep was a shepherdess who lost her sheep.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shepherdess:x1:1
# text = Little Bo-Peep was a shepherdess who lost her sheep.
1	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	Bo	Bo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Peep	Peep	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shepherdess	shepherdess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Little Bo and Peep | a shepherdess |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | past | a shepherdess | Peep's sheep |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Eventuality |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The shepherdess led the flock up the hill.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shepherdess:x2:1
# text = The shepherdess led the flock up the hill.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shepherdess	shepherdess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	led	lead	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	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hill	hill	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 | **lead** | past | the shepherdess | the flock |  | the hill |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent flock=Theme up hill=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Gran has a china shepherdess on her shelf.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shepherdess:x3:1
# text = Gran has a china shepherdess on her shelf.
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	china	china	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	shepherdess	shepherdess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Gran | a china shepherdess |  | Gran's shelf |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shepherdess=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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In the Bible, Rachel was a shepherdess.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shepherdess:x4:1
# text = In the Bible, Rachel was a shepherdess.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	Rachel	Rachel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shepherdess	shepherdess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Rachel | a shepherdess |  | the Bible |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The shepherdess whistled to her dog.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shepherdess:x5:1
# text = The shepherdess whistled to her dog.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shepherdess	shepherdess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	whistled	whistle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whistle** | past | the shepherdess |  | shepherdess's dog |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to dog=Recipient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The story is about a shepherdess and a chimney sweep.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shepherdess:x6:1
# text = The story is about a shepherdess and a chimney sweep.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shepherdess	shepherdess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	sweep	sweep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the story |  |  |  |  | about a shepherdess and a chimney sweep | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"This is terrible," said the little shepherdess.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shepherdess:x7:1
# text = "This is terrible," said the little shepherdess.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	This	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	shepherdess	shepherdess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | This |  |  |  |  | terrible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the little shepherdess |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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