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title: beholder — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «beholder» in the school dictionary: A beholder is a person who looks at something, a person who sees it. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# beholder

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**Who acts:** beholder, person, beholders, eyes · **What happens:** be, look, see, gasp, frighten · **To what, where:** person, beholder, golden palace, beholders

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A beholder is a person who looks at something, a person who sees it.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beholder:m1:1
# text = A beholder is a person who looks at something, a person who sees it.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beholder	beholder	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	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 beholder | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | present | a person |  |  |  |  | at something | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at something=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | present | a person | beholder |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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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 painting pleased every beholder.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beholder:x1:1
# text = The painting pleased every beholder.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	beholder	beholder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
All the beholders gasped at the golden palace.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beholder:x2:1
# text = All the beholders gasped at the golden palace.
1	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	3	det:predet	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	beholders	beholder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gasped	gasp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gasp** | past | all beholders |  |  | the golden palace |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The dragon's eyes frightened all beholders.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beholder:x3:1
# text = The dragon's eyes frightened all beholders.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	frightened	frighten	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	beholders	beholder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frighten** | past | the dragon's eyes | all beholders |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus beholder=Experiencer |

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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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