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title: tribal — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tribal» in the school dictionary: Belonging to a tribe – a group of families or communities who share ancestors, language, customs and often land, with their own leaders. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tribal

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**Who acts:** families, Belonging, museum, Tribal elders, settlers, Football fans · **What happens:** belong, share, land, show, dislike, meet · **To what, where:** group, ancestors, strong loyalty, own group, others, tribal art · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Belonging to a tribe – a group of families or communities who share ancestors, language, customs and often land, with their own leaders.

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tribal:m1:1
# text = Belonging to a tribe – a group of families or communities who share ancestors, language, customs and often land, with their own leaders.
1	Belonging	belong	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	21	csubj	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tribe	tribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	–	-	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	communities	community	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	share	share	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	ancestors	ancestor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	customs	custom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	often	often	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	land	land	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	with	with	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
25	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	leaders	leader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | gerund |  | a group of families or communities and language and customs |  |  |  | to a tribe | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **share** | present | families or communities | ancestors |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **land** | present | Belonging |  |  |  |  | with customs's own leaders; often *property* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Showing strong loyalty to your own group and dislike of others: «tribal football fans».

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tribal:m2:1
# text = Showing strong loyalty to your own group and dislike of others: «tribal football fans».
1	Showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	dislike	dislike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	tribal	tribal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	fans	fan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | gerund |  | strong loyalty | your own group and dislike of others |  |  | tribal football fans *obl* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent loyalty=Topic to group=Recipient |
| 2 | **dislike** |  |  | others |  |  |  |  | nom dislike «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The museum showed tribal art from many parts of Africa.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tribal:x1:1
# text = The museum showed tribal art from many parts of Africa.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	tribal	tribal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | the museum | tribal art |  | many parts of Africa |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent art=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tribal elders met to decide what to do.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tribal:x2:1
# text = Tribal elders met to decide what to do.
1	Tribal	tribal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	elders	elder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	decide	decide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | past | Tribal elders |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **decide** | to-infinitive | Tribal elders *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Many tribal lands were taken by settlers in the past.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tribal:x3:1
# text = Many tribal lands were taken by settlers in the past.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	tribal	tribal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	settlers	settler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:agent	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	past	past	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past · passive | settlers | Many tribal lands |  | the past |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Value in past=Location |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Football fans can be very tribal about their team.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tribal:x4:1
# text = Football fans can be very tribal about their team.
1	Football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	fans	fan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	tribal	tribal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | Football fans |  |  |  |  | about fans's team; tribal *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The tribal dance told the story of the first people.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tribal:x5:1
# text = The tribal dance told the story of the first people.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tribal	tribal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the tribal dance | the story of the first people |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Māori groups called iwi have their own lands and leaders.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tribal:x6:1
# text = Māori groups called iwi have their own lands and leaders.
1	Māori	Māori	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	iwi	iwi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	xcomp	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	leaders	leader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | participle | Māori groups *not said here* | iwi |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | present | Māori groups | groups's own lands and leaders |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
This is an essentially Indian trait; almost all Hindus have some tribal or caste mark on their bodies or faces.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tribal:x7:1
# text = This is an essentially Indian trait; almost all Hindus have some tribal or caste mark on their bodies or faces.
1	This	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	essentially	essentially	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	trait	trait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	Hindus	Hindu	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
12	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	nsubj	_	_
13	tribal	tribal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	caste	caste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	mark	mark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	parataxis	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	bodies	body	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | This | a Indian trait |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | all Hindus |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mark** |  | some |  |  | Hindus's bodies or faces |  |  | tree rules |

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