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title: vagabond — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «vagabond» in the school dictionary: A vagabond is a person with no home or regular work who wanders from place to place; a tramp. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# vagabond

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**Who acts:** vagabond, regular work, you, Dudden, I · **What happens:** be, wander, term, sit, vagabond, say · **To what, where:** person, place, rascal, scolding, nothing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«vagabond» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [vagabond in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vagabond.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A vagabond is a person with no home or regular work who wanders from place to place; a tramp.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vagabond:m1:1
# text = A vagabond is a person with no home or regular work who wanders from place to place; a tramp.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vagabond	vagabond	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	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	regular	regular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	wanders	wander	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	tramp	tramp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 vagabond | a person or regular work and a tramp |  |  |  | with no home | tree rules |
| 2 | **wander** | present | regular work |  |  | place to place |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from place=Trajectory |

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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: informal, in old tales — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A vagabond is a rascal or a scamp, a term of scolding.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vagabond:m2:1
# text = A vagabond is a rascal or a scamp, a term of scolding.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vagabond	vagabond	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	rascal	rascal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	scamp	scamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	scolding	scolding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 vagabond | a rascal or a scamp and a term of scolding |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **term** |  |  | scolding |  |  |  |  | nom term «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"That vagabond, bad luck to him--"

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vagabond:x1:1
# text = "That vagabond, bad luck to him--"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	vagabond	vagabond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Sit still, you vagabond," said Dudden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vagabond:x2:1
# text = "Sit still, you vagabond," said Dudden.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	vagabond	vagabond	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	Dudden	Dudden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **vagabond** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Dudden |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I have been nothing but a truant and a vagabond.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vagabond:x3:1
# text = I have been nothing but a truant and a vagabond.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	truant	truant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	vagabond	vagabond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present · perfect | I | nothing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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