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title: woodland — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «woodland» in the school dictionary: Woodland is land covered with trees, an area of woods; it is usually smaller and more open than a forest. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# woodland

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**Who acts:** Woodland, We, Many animals, Bluebells, Owls, class · **What happens:** be, cover, go, live, hunt, plant · **To what, where:** land, woodland, woodland floor, woodlands, trees, new woodland

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Woodland is land covered with trees, an area of woods; it is usually smaller and more open than a forest.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:woodland:m1:1
# text = Woodland is land covered with trees, an area of woods; it is usually smaller and more open than a forest.
1	Woodland	woodland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	parataxis	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	19	advmod	_	_
19	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	conj	_	_
20	than	than	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Woodland | land and a area of woods |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cover** | participle |  | land and a area of woods *not said here* |  |  |  | with trees | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with tree=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | Woodland |  |  |  |  | small, usually *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | Woodland *not said here* |  |  |  |  | than a forest | tree rules |

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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 went for a walk in the woodland near our house.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:woodland:x1:1
# text = We went for a walk in the woodland near our house.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	woodland	woodland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	near	near	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | We |  |  | the woodland near our house |  | for a walk | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for walk=Theme in woodland=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Many animals live in woodland.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:woodland:x2:1
# text = Many animals live in woodland.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	woodland	woodland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Many animals |  |  | woodland |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in woodland=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bluebells cover the woodland floor in spring.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:woodland:x3:1
# text = Bluebells cover the woodland floor in spring.
1	Bluebells	bluebell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cover	cover	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	woodland	woodland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	spring	spring	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 | **cover** | present | Bluebells | the woodland floor |  |  | spring |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme floor=Destination |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The woodland was quiet except for birdsong.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:woodland:x4:1
# text = The woodland was quiet except for birdsong.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	woodland	woodland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	except	except	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	birdsong	birdsong	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the woodland |  |  |  |  | except birdsong; quiet *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Owls hunt at night in the woodlands.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:woodland:x5:1
# text = Owls hunt at night in the woodlands.
1	Owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	woodlands	woodland	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **hunt** | present | Owls |  |  | the woodlands | night |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in woodland=Location |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our class planted trees to make a new woodland.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:woodland:x6:1
# text = Our class planted trees to make a new woodland.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	planted	plant	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	woodland	woodland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plant** | past | Our class | trees |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | Our class *not said here* | a new woodland |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset woodland=Product |

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