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title: yearling — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «yearling» in the school dictionary: An animal in its second year of life, after its first birthday and before its second, such as a young horse, deer or seal. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# yearling

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**Who acts:** farmer, yearlings, Kotick, yearling horse · **What happens:** sell, play, dance, not be · **To what, where:** yearling calf, fair

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«yearling» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [yearling in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/yearling.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An animal in its second year of life, after its first birthday and before its second, such as a young horse, deer or seal.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yearling:m1:1
# text = An animal in its second year of life, after its first birthday and before its second, such as a young horse, deer or seal.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	amod	_	_
13	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
15	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
16	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
17	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	23	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
19	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	23	case	_	_
20	as	as	ADP	IN	_	19	fixed	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	_
26	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	seal	seal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The farmer sold a yearling calf at the fair.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yearling:x1:1
# text = The farmer sold a yearling calf at the fair.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	yearling	yearling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fair	fair	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 farmer | a yearling calf |  | the fair |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent calf=Theme at fair=Asset |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The yearlings played near their mothers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yearling:x2:1
# text = The yearlings played near their mothers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	yearlings	yearling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	mothers	mother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **play** | past | the yearlings |  |  |  |  | near yearlings's mothers | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Kotick danced with the yearling seals.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yearling:x3:1
# text = Kotick danced with the yearling seals.
1	Kotick	Kotick	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	yearling	yearling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **dance** | past | Kotick |  |  |  |  | with the yearling seals | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A yearling horse is not yet fully grown.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yearling:x4:1
# text = A yearling horse is not yet fully grown.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	yearling	yearling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
6	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | a yearling horse |  |  |  | yet | fully, grow *property* | tree rules |

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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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