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title: assassin — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «assassin» in the school dictionary: A killer who murders a ruler or an important person, often in secret and for pay. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# assassin

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**Who acts:** killer, assassin, king, you, Marionette · **What happens:** murder, hide, fear, rid, catch, bite · **To what, where:** ruler, secret, door, assassin, me, last

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«assassin» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: [assassin in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/assassin.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A killer who murders a ruler or an important person, often in secret and for pay.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assassin:m1:1
# text = A killer who murders a ruler or an important person, often in secret and for pay.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	killer	killer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	murders	murder	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	often	often	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **murder** | present | a killer | a ruler or a important person |  | secret and pay |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ruler=Patient |

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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 assassin hid behind the door.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assassin:x1:1
# text = The assassin hid behind the door.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	assassin	assassin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	door	door	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 | **hide** | past | the assassin |  |  | the door |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind door=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The king feared an assassin.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assassin:x2:1
# text = The king feared an assassin.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	assassin	assassin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | the king | a assassin |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer assassin=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Rid me of this assassin.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assassin:x3:1
# text = Rid me of this assassin.
1	Rid	rid	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	assassin	assassin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rid** | imperative | you *not said here* | me |  |  |  | of this assassin | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent i=Source of assassin=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The assassin was caught at last.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assassin:x4:1
# text = The assassin was caught at last.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	assassin	assassin	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	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past · passive |  | the assassin |  | last |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: subject=Theme at last=Asset |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Quick as a flash, the Marionette bit the assassin's hand.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assassin:x5:1
# text = Quick as a flash, the Marionette bit the assassin's hand.
1	Quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	case	_	_
2	as	as	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	flash	flash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Marionette	Marionette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	assassin	assassin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | past | the Marionette | the assassin's hand |  |  |  | quick a flash | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |

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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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