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title: veld — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «veld» in the school dictionary: Wide, open grassland in southern Africa, with few trees, especially in South Africa. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# veld

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**Who acts:** Zebras, Leopard, veld, Farmers, We · **What happens:** graze, hunt, turn, keep, read, set · **To what, where:** High Veldt, cattle, veld, sun, wide open veld

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wide, open grassland in southern Africa, with few trees, especially in South Africa.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:veld:m1:1
# text = Wide, open grassland in southern Africa, with few trees, especially in South Africa.
1	Wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	grassland	grassland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	southern	southern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Zebras graze on the African veld.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:veld:x1:1
# text = Zebras graze on the African veld.
1	Zebras	zebra	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	graze	graze	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	African	African	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	veld	veld	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **graze** | present | Zebras |  |  |  |  | on the African veld | vn dine-39.5 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on veld=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Leopard hunted on the High Veldt.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:veld:x2:1
# text = The Leopard hunted on the High Veldt.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Leopard	Leopard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hunted	hunt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	High	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Veldt	Veldt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | past | the Leopard |  |  | the High Veldt |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent on veldt=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The veld turned green after the rains.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:veld:x3:1
# text = The veld turned green after the rains.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	veld	veld	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rains	rain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | the veld |  |  |  | after the rains | green *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Farmers keep cattle on the veld.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:veld:x4:1
# text = Farmers keep cattle on the veld.
1	Farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	veld	veld	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Farmers | cattle |  | the veld |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cattle=Theme on veld=Location |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We read about the animals of the veld in geography.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:veld:x5:1
# text = We read about the animals of the veld in geography.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	veld	veld	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	geography	geography	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past | We |  |  |  |  | about the animals of the veld in geography | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about animal=Topic |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The sun set over the wide, open veld.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:veld:x6:1
# text = The sun set over the wide, open veld.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	veld	veld	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | participle |  | the sun *not said here* |  | the wide open veld |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent over veld=Destination |

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