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title: bandit — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bandit» in the school dictionary: A bandit is a robber, often one of a gang, who attacks travellers and steals from them, usually in wild or lonely places. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# bandit

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**Who acts:** bandit, robber, Three bandits, village · **What happens:** be, attack, hide, wait, take · **To what, where:** robber, travellers, wild places, forest, gold

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A bandit is a robber, often one of a gang, who attacks travellers and steals from them, usually in wild or lonely places.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bandit:m1:1
# text = A bandit is a robber, often one of a gang, who attacks travellers and steals from them, usually in wild or lonely places.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bandit	bandit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	often	often	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	gang	gang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	attacks	attack	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
15	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	steals	steal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
21	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
23	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
24	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	lonely	lonely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	conj	_	_
26	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a bandit | a robber |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **attack** | present | a robber | travellers and steals |  | wild places |  | from steals *= steal* | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent traveller=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 -->
Three bandits hid in the forest and waited for travellers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bandit:x1:1
# text = Three bandits hid in the forest and waited for travellers.
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	bandits	bandit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | Three bandits |  |  | the forest |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in forest=Location |
| 2 | **wait** | past | Three bandits *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for travellers | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The bandit took the traveller's gold.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bandit:x2:1
# text = The bandit took the traveller's gold.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bandit	bandit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	took	take	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	traveller	traveller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | the bandit | the traveller's gold |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The village was afraid of the bandits in the hills.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bandit:x3:1
# text = The village was afraid of the bandits in the hills.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bandits	bandit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the village |  |  |  |  | of the bandits in the hills; afraid *property* | 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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