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title: yokel — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «yokel» in the school dictionary: A person who lives in the countryside and is not used to town ways; often said in a slightly unkind way. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# yokel

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**Who acts:** person, yokel, yokels, city, clever cat · **What happens:** live, not use, say, stare, come, think · **To what, where:** countryside, unkind way, town, yokel · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A person who lives in the countryside and is not used to town ways; often said in a slightly unkind way.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yokel:m1:1
# text = A person who lives in the countryside and is not used to town ways; often said in a slightly unkind way.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	countryside	countryside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	often	often	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
20	slightly	slightly	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | a person |  |  | the countryside |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in countryside=Location |
| 2 | **not** **use** | present · passive | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to town ways | vn eat-39.1 «NP V» |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle | a person |  |  | a unkind way |  | often *property* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in way=Manner |

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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 yokel stared at the tall buildings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yokel:x1:1
# text = The yokel stared at the tall buildings.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	yokel	yokel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stared	stare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **stare** | past | the yokel |  |  |  |  | at the tall buildings | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at building=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A yokel came to town for the market.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yokel:x2:1
# text = A yokel came to town for the market.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	yokel	yokel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | a yokel |  |  | town for the market |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to town=Initial\_Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some yokels think the city is magic.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yokel:x3:1
# text = Some yokels think the city is magic.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	yokels	yokel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | some yokels |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the city |  |  |  |  | magic *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The clever cat laughed at the yokel.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:yokel:x4:1
# text = The clever cat laughed at the yokel.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	yokel	yokel	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 | **laugh** | past | the clever cat |  |  | the yokel |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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