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title: aegis — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «aegis» in the school dictionary: A shield or cloak carried by a god, especially Zeus, that could bring storms or protection. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# aegis

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**Who acts:** shield, Protection support, Zeus, club · **What happens:** carry, bring, give, mean, shake, make · **To what, where:** shield, storms, Protection support, protection, aegis, goat skin · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«aegis» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: [aegis in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/aegis.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use, in myths — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A shield or cloak carried by a god, especially Zeus, that could bring storms or protection.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aegis:m1:1
# text = A shield or cloak carried by a god, especially Zeus, that could bring storms or protection.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shield	shield	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
14	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
16	storms	storm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | participle |  | a shield or cloak *not said here* |  |  |  | by a god | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bring** | could | a shield or cloak | storms or protection |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent storm=Theme |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Protection or support given by someone powerful; «under the aegis of» means under the protection of.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aegis:m2:1
# text = Protection or support given by someone powerful; «under the aegis of» means under the protection of.
1	Protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	support	support	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
4	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
7	powerful	powerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	under	under	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	aegis	aegis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
15	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	under	under	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  | Protection support *not said here* |  |  |  | by someone | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **mean** | present | Protection support | the protection |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent protection=Topic |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Zeus could shake his aegis to make storms.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aegis:x1:1
# text = Zeus could shake his aegis to make storms.
1	Zeus	zeus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	shake	shake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	aegis	aegis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	storms	storm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | could | Zeus | Zeus's aegis |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent aegis=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | Zeus *not said here* | storms |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset storm=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The club ran under the aegis of the town council.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aegis:x2:1
# text = The club ran under the aegis of the town council.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	aegis	aegis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | the club |  |  | the aegis of the town council |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under aegis=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The shield was called the aegis, meaning goat-skin.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aegis:x3:1
# text = The shield was called the aegis, meaning goat-skin.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shield	shield	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	aegis	aegis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past · passive |  | the shield |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **mean** | gerund |  | goat skin |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Topic |

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