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title: barony — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «barony» in the school dictionary: A barony is the rank or title of a baron. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# barony

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**Who acts:** barony, He, baron · **What happens:** be, title, hope, win, know, stretch · **To what, where:** rank, baron, land, barony, field, hills

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«barony» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [barony in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/barony.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A barony is the rank or title of a baron.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:barony:m1:1
# text = A barony is the rank or title of a baron.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	barony	barony	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	rank	rank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	baron	baron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	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 barony | the rank or title of a baron |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **title** |  |  | a baron |  |  |  |  | nom title «communication transitive»: of=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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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A barony is the land or estate that a baron rules over.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:barony:m2:1
# text = A barony is the land or estate that a baron rules over.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	barony	barony	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	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	estate	estate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	baron	baron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
12	over	over	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 barony | the land or estate and baron rules |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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He hoped one day to win a barony.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:barony:x1:1
# text = He hoped one day to win a barony.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hoped	hope	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	barony	barony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hope** | past | He |  |  |  | day |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **win** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | a barony |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barony=Eventuality |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The baron knew every field in his barony.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:barony:x2:1
# text = The baron knew every field in his barony.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	baron	baron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	barony	barony	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 | **know** | past | the baron | every field |  | baron's barony |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer field=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The barony stretched over hills, bogs and pasture.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:barony:x3:1
# text = The barony stretched over hills, bogs and pasture.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	barony	barony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	stretched	stretch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	bogs	bog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	pasture	pasture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stretch** | participle |  | the barony *not said here* |  | hills and bogs and pasture |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over hill=Location |

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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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