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# swineherd

«swineherd» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person whose job is to look after pigs** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (swineherds)

### meaning for a pupil

A swineherd is a person whose job is to look after pigs. (old use) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swineherd/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales the swineherd is a poor worker who looks after the pigs of a lord or a king

### examples

- The swineherd took the pigs to the wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swineherd/#x1)
- The prince became a swineherd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swineherd/#x2)
- The swineherd sold his pig for a fair price. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swineherd/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «swineherd» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swineherd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.