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title: vegetarianism — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «vegetarianism» in the school dictionary: Vegetarianism is the practice of not eating meat or fish. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# vegetarianism

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**Who acts:** Vegetarianism, practice, aunt, religions, He, his · **What happens:** be, not eat, choose, protect, mean, encourage · **To what, where:** practice, meat, school, vegetarianism, animals

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«vegetarianism» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: [vegetarianism in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vegetarianism.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Vegetarianism is the practice of not eating meat or fish.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vegetarianism:m1:1
# text = Vegetarianism is the practice of not eating meat or fish.
1	Vegetarianism	Vegetarianism	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
8	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	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 | Vegetarianism | the practice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **eat** | gerund | the practice *not said here* | meat or fish |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Vegetarianism is popular in our school.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vegetarianism:x1:1
# text = Vegetarianism is popular in our school.
1	Vegetarianism	Vegetarianism	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	school	school	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 | **is** | present | Vegetarianism |  |  | our school |  | popular *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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My aunt chose vegetarianism to protect animals.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vegetarianism:x2:1
# text = My aunt chose vegetarianism to protect animals.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	vegetarianism	vegetarianism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | past | My aunt | vegetarianism |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vegetarianism=Theme |
| 2 | **protect** | to-infinitive | My aunt *not said here* |  | animals |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Beneficiary |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Vegetarianism means no meat or fish.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vegetarianism:x3:1
# text = Vegetarianism means no meat or fish.
1	Vegetarianism	Vegetarianism	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Vegetarianism | no meat or fish |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Some religions encourage vegetarianism.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vegetarianism:x4:1
# text = Some religions encourage vegetarianism.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	religions	religion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	encourage	encourage	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	vegetarianism	vegetarianism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **encourage** | present | some religions | vegetarianism |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vegetarianism=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Vegetarianism can be very healthy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vegetarianism:x5:1
# text = Vegetarianism can be very healthy.
1	Vegetarianism	Vegetarianism	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | Vegetarianism |  |  |  |  | healthy *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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He read about vegetarianism for his project.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vegetarianism:x6:1
# text = He read about vegetarianism for his project.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	vegetarianism	vegetarianism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	project	project	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 | **read** | past | He |  |  |  |  | about vegetarianism; for his project | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about vegetarianism=Topic |
| 2 | **project** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom project «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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