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title: villager — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «villager» in the school dictionary: A villager is a person who lives in a village, a small group of houses in the countryside. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# villager

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**Who acts:** villager, person, villagers, 120 villagers, 30 villagers, friendly villager · **What happens:** be, live, gather, hear, help, build · **To what, where:** person, village, square, news, new bridge, story

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A villager is a person who lives in a village, a small group of houses in the countryside.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:villager:m1:1
# text = A villager is a person who lives in a village, a small group of houses in the countryside.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	villager	villager	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	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	countryside	countryside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 villager | a person and a small group of houses in the countryside |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present | a person and a small group of houses in the countryside |  |  | a village |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in village=Location |

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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 -->
The villagers gathered in the square to hear the news.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:villager:x1:1
# text = The villagers gathered in the square to hear the news.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	villagers	villager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | past | the villagers |  |  | the square |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive | the villagers *not said here* | the news |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer news=Stimulus |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Every villager helped to build the new bridge.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:villager:x2:1
# text = Every villager helped to build the new bridge.
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	villager	villager	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past | every villager |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **build** | to-infinitive | every villager *not said here* | the new bridge |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bridge=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the story, the villagers were afraid of the dragon.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:villager:x3:1
# text = In the story, the villagers were afraid of the dragon.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	villagers	villager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the villagers |  |  | the story |  | of the dragon; afraid *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The villagers sold eggs and honey at the market.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:villager:x4:1
# text = The villagers sold eggs and honey at the market.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	villagers	villager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past | the villagers | eggs and honey |  | the market |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent egg=Theme at market=Asset |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
120 villagers share 4 wells equally, so 30 villagers use each well.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:villager:x5:1
# text = 120 villagers share 4 wells equally, so 30 villagers use each well.
1	120	120	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	villagers	villager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	share	share	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	wells	well	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	villagers	villager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	obj	_	_
13	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | present | 120 villagers | 4 wells |  |  |  | equally *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | present | 30 villagers | each |  |  |  | well *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A friendly villager showed us the way.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:villager:x6:1
# text = A friendly villager showed us the way.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	villager	villager	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | a friendly villager | the way | us |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His cries for help soon brought the villagers running.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:villager:x7:1
# text = His cries for help soon brought the villagers running.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cries	cry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	villagers	villager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | His cries for help | the villagers |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent villager=Theme |
| 2 | **run** | gerund | the villagers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **cry** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  | for help | nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl |

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