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title: bearer — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bearer» in the school dictionary: A bearer is a person who carries something, such as a load, a flag, a coffin or a sick person on a stretcher. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# bearer

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**Who acts:** bearer, person, bearers, bride, Two bearers, flag bearer · **What happens:** be, carry, lift, gift, walk · **To what, where:** person, something, heavy box, gifts, hill, sick man

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«bearer» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [bearer in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bearer.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A bearer is a person who carries something, such as a load, a flag, a coffin or a sick person on a stretcher.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bearer:m1:1
# text = A bearer is a person who carries something, such as a load, a flag, a coffin or a sick person on a stretcher.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bearer	bearer	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	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	13	case	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	load	load	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	flag	flag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	_
24	on	on	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	stretcher	stretcher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	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 bearer | a person and a flag |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** | present | a person and a flag | something |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bearers lifted the heavy box.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bearer:x1:1
# text = The bearers lifted the heavy box.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bearers	bearer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lifted	lift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | past | the bearers | the heavy box |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bearers carried the bride's gifts over the hill.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bearer:x2:1
# text = The bearers carried the bride's gifts over the hill.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bearers	bearer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hill	hill	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 | **carry** | past | the bearers | the bride's gifts |  | the hill |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme |
| 2 | **gift** |  | the bride |  |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Two bearers carried the sick man home.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bearer:x3:1
# text = Two bearers carried the sick man home.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	bearers	bearer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | Two bearers | the sick man |  |  |  | home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The flag bearer walked at the front.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bearer:x4:1
# text = The flag bearer walked at the front.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	flag	flag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bearer	bearer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | the flag bearer |  |  | the front |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at front=Trajectory |

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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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