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title: astrologer — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «astrologer» in the school dictionary: A person who studies the stars and planets and claims to tell what will happen from them. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# astrologer

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**Who acts:** person, astrologer, Marzavan · **What happens:** study, tell, happen, call, gaze, have · **To what, where:** stars, king, dress · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A person who studies the stars and planets and claims to tell what will happen from them.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:astrologer:m1:1
# text = A person who studies the stars and planets and claims to tell what will happen from them.
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	studies	study	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	planets	planet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	claims	claim	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
14	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	ccomp	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **study** | present | a person | the stars and planets and claims |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent star=Topic |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **happen** | future |  |  |  |  |  | from claims *= claim* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 king called for his astrologer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:astrologer:x1:1
# text = The king called for his astrologer.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	astrologer	astrologer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | participle |  | the king *not said here* |  |  |  | for king's astrologer | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for astrologer=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The astrologer gazed at the sky all night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:astrologer:x2:1
# text = The astrologer gazed at the sky all night.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	astrologer	astrologer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gazed	gaze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gaze** | past | the astrologer |  |  |  | night | at the sky | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sky=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Marzavan had an astrologer's dress made for the prince.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:astrologer:x3:1
# text = Marzavan had an astrologer's dress made for the prince.
1	Marzavan	Marzavan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	astrologer	astrologer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Marzavan | a astrologer's dress |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dress=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | a astrologer's dress *not said here* |  |  |  | for the prince | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for prince=Beneficiary |

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