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title: wigwam — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «wigwam» in the school dictionary: A wigwam is a tent of skins, bark or mats, round or cone-shaped, used as a home by some North American peoples. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# wigwam

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**Who acts:** wigwam, family, Many wigwams, boy · **What happens:** be, shape, use, sit, stand, run back · **To what, where:** tent, wigwam

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A wigwam is a tent of skins, bark or mats, round or cone-shaped, used as a home by some North American peoples.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wigwam:m1:1
# text = A wigwam is a tent of skins, bark or mats, round or cone-shaped, used as a home by some North American peoples.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wigwam	wigwam	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	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	skins	skin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	mats	mat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	cone	cone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
20	as	as	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
23	by	by	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
24	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	27	det	_	_
25	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	_
26	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	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 wigwam | a tent |  |  |  | of skins and bark or mats | tree rules |
| 2 | **shape** | participle | a wigwam *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **use** | participle |  | a tent *not said here* |  |  |  | as a home; by some North American peoples | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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The family sat round the fire in their wigwam.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wigwam:x1:1
# text = The family sat round the fire in their wigwam.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	round	round	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	wigwam	wigwam	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 | **sit** | past | the family |  |  | their wigwam |  | round the fire | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wigwam=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Many wigwams stood by the river.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wigwam:x2:1
# text = Many wigwams stood by the river.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	wigwams	wigwam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	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 | **stand** | past | Many wigwams |  |  |  |  | by the river | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by river=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The boy ran back to his wigwam.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wigwam:x3:1
# text = The boy ran back to his wigwam.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	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	wigwam	wigwam	NOUN	NN	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 | **run back** | past | the boy |  |  | boy's wigwam |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to wigwam=Destination |

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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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