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title: artificer — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «artificer» in the school dictionary: An artificer is a skilled craftsman who makes or builds things, especially with metal. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# artificer

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**Who acts:** artificer, skilled craftsman, Greek god, village, skilled artificer · **What happens:** be, make, build, hammer, have, mend · **To what, where:** skilled craftsman, things, metal, shield, famous artificer, skilled artificer

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An artificer is a skilled craftsman who makes or builds things, especially with metal.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:artificer:m1:1
# text = An artificer is a skilled craftsman who makes or builds things, especially with metal.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	artificer	artificer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	skilled	skilled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	craftsman	craftsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	builds	build	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
11	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a artificer | a skilled craftsman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | a skilled craftsman |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **build** | present | a skilled craftsman *not said here* | things |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thing=Product |

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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 artificer hammered the metal into a shield.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:artificer:x1:1
# text = The artificer hammered the metal into a shield.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	artificer	artificer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hammered	hammer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shield	shield	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hammer** | past | the artificer | the metal |  |  |  | into a shield *result* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent metal=Patient into shield=Result |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The Greek god was a famous artificer of metal things.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:artificer:x2:1
# text = The Greek god was a famous artificer of metal things.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	artificer	artificer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Greek god | a famous artificer |  |  |  | of metal things | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Every village had a skilled artificer who mended the tools.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:artificer:x3:1
# text = Every village had a skilled artificer who mended the tools.
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	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	skilled	skilled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	artificer	artificer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	mended	mend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tools	tool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | every village | a skilled artificer |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent artificer=Patient |
| 2 | **mend** | past | a skilled artificer | the tools |  |  |  |  | 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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