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title: bandmaster — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bandmaster» in the school dictionary: A bandmaster is the person who leads and trains a band of musicians, and often writes or chooses the music they play. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# bandmaster

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**Who acts:** bandmaster, person, musicians, band · **What happens:** be, lead, train, write, choose, play · **To what, where:** person, band, music, baton, us, new march

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A bandmaster is the person who leads and trains a band of musicians, and often writes or chooses the music they play.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bandmaster:m1:1
# text = A bandmaster is the person who leads and trains a band of musicians, and often writes or chooses the music they play.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bandmaster	bandmaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	leads	lead	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	trains	train	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	musicians	musician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	often	often	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	chooses	choose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	play	play	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	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 bandmaster | the person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lead** | present | the person |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 3 | **train** | present | the person *not said here* | a band of musicians |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent band=Theme |
| 4 | **write** | present |  |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **choose** | present |  | the music |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent music=Theme |
| 6 | **play** | present | musicians *= musician* | the music *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent music=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 bandmaster tapped his baton and the band began.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bandmaster:x1:1
# text = The bandmaster tapped his baton and the band began.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bandmaster	bandmaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tapped	tap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	baton	baton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tap** | past | the bandmaster | bandmaster's baton |  |  |  |  | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent baton=Location |
| 2 | **begin** | past | the band |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our bandmaster teaches us to play in time.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bandmaster:x2:1
# text = Our bandmaster teaches us to play in time.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	bandmaster	bandmaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	teaches	teach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	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 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | Our bandmaster |  | us |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **play** | to-infinitive | Our bandmaster *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The bandmaster wrote a new march for the school band.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bandmaster:x3:1
# text = The bandmaster wrote a new march for the school band.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bandmaster	bandmaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wrote	write	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	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	march	march	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **write** | past | the bandmaster | a new march |  |  |  | for the school band | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent march=Result for band=Beneficiary |

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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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