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title: suburban — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «suburban» in the school dictionary: Suburban means of or in the outer parts of a town or city, where there are houses and gardens, away from the centre. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# suburban

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**Who acts:** Suburban, houses, We, suburban gardens, school · **What happens:** mean, be, live · **To what, where:** quiet suburban street, suburban area

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Suburban means of or in the outer parts of a town or city, where there are houses and gardens, away from the centre.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:suburban:m1:1
# text = Suburban means of or in the outer parts of a town or city, where there are houses and gardens, away from the centre.
1	Suburban	Suburban	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	outer	outer	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	17	advmod	_	_
16	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	17	expl	_	_
17	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
18	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	away	away	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
23	from	from	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Suburban |  |  |  |  | of the outer parts of a town or city | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **does** | present | houses and gardens |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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We live in a quiet suburban street.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:suburban:x1:1
# text = We live in a quiet suburban street.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	suburban	suburban	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | We |  |  | a quiet suburban street |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in street=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The suburban gardens were full of flowers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:suburban:x2:1
# text = The suburban gardens were full of flowers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	suburban	suburban	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the suburban gardens |  |  |  |  | of flowers; full *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The school is in a suburban area, not in the centre.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:suburban:x3:1
# text = The school is in a suburban area, not in the centre.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	suburban	suburban	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the school |  |  | a suburban area |  | in the centre | tree rules |

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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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