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title: aeronaut — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «aeronaut» in the school dictionary: A person who flies in a balloon, or who steers an airship; a balloonist. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# aeronaut

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**Who acts:** person, aeronaut, balloon · **What happens:** fly, steer, take up, descend, watch · **To what, where:** balloonist, balloon, airship, station, steeple, city

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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A person who flies in a balloon, or who steers an airship; a balloonist.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aeronaut:m1:1
# text = A person who flies in a balloon, or who steers an airship; a balloonist.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	flies	fly	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	balloon	balloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	steers	steer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	airship	airship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	balloonist	balloonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | present | a person | a balloonist |  | a balloon |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent in balloon=Location |
| 2 | **steer** | present |  | a airship |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent airship=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The aeronaut took up his station on the steeple.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aeronaut:x1:1
# text = The aeronaut took up his station on the steeple.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	aeronaut	aeronaut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	steeple	steeple	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 | **take up** | past | the aeronaut | aeronaut's station |  | the steeple |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent station=Theme on steeple=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The balloon descended over the city.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aeronaut:x2:1
# text = The balloon descended over the city.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	balloon	balloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	descended	descend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **descend** | past | the balloon |  |  | the city |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over city=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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An aeronaut must watch the wind.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aeronaut:x3:1
# text = An aeronaut must watch the wind.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	aeronaut	aeronaut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | must | a aeronaut | the wind |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Theme |

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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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