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title: wildlife — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «wildlife» in the school dictionary: Wild animals, birds, insects and plants that live free in nature, not kept by people. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# wildlife

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**Who acts:** plants, We, our, you, Kangaroos, wetlands · **What happens:** live, not keep, see, walk, not feed, be · **To what, where:** nature, lots, walk, wildlife, Australian wildlife, rare wildlife

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Wild animals, birds, insects and plants that live free in nature, not kept by people.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wildlife:m1:1
# text = Wild animals, birds, insects and plants that live free in nature, not kept by people.
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | plants |  |  | nature |  | free *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in nature=Location |
| 2 | **not** **keep** | participle |  | nature *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We saw lots of wildlife on our walk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wildlife:x1:1
# text = We saw lots of wildlife on our walk.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	wildlife	wildlife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | We | lots of wildlife |  | our walk |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lot=Stimulus |
| 2 | **walk** |  | our |  |  |  |  |  | nom walk «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Please don't feed the wildlife.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wildlife:x2:1
# text = Please don't feed the wildlife.
1	Please	please	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	feed	feed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wildlife	wildlife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **feed** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | the wildlife |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wildlife=Recipient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Kangaroos and koalas are Australian wildlife.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wildlife:x3:1
# text = Kangaroos and koalas are Australian wildlife.
1	Kangaroos	kangaroo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	koalas	koala	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	Australian	Australian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wildlife	wildlife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Kangaroos and koalas | Australian wildlife |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The wetlands are home to rare wildlife.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wildlife:x4:1
# text = The wetlands are home to rare wildlife.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wetlands	wetland	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	wildlife	wildlife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the wetlands | rare wildlife |  |  |  | home *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Litter can hurt wildlife.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wildlife:x5:1
# text = Litter can hurt wildlife.
1	Litter	litter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	wildlife	wildlife	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 | **hurt** | can | Litter | wildlife |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wildlife=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Keep your dog on a lead to protect wildlife.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wildlife:x6:1
# text = Keep your dog on a lead to protect wildlife.
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lead	lead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	wildlife	wildlife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | your dog |  | a lead |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent dog=Theme on lead=Location |
| 2 | **protect** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | wildlife |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wildlife=Beneficiary |

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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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