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title: boarder — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «boarder» in the school dictionary: A pupil who lives at a boarding school during term instead of going home each day. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# boarder

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** pupil, person, cousin, boarders, Mrs, boarder · **What happens:** live, go, pay, eat, ride, climb · **To what, where:** boarding school, meals, house, skateboard, ship, boarder · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«boarder» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [boarder in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/boarder.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A pupil who lives at a boarding school during term instead of going home each day.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:boarder:m1:1
# text = A pupil who lives at a boarding school during term instead of going home each day.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	boarding	boarding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	during	during	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=SCONJ	13	mark	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
14	home	home	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | a pupil |  |  | a boarding school | during term |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at school=Location |
| 2 | **go** | gerund | a pupil *not said here* |  |  |  | day | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A person who pays to live and eat meals in someone else's house.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:boarder:m2:1
# text = A person who pays to live and eat meals in someone else's house.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
9	meals	meal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	14	nmod:poss	_	_
12	else	else	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
14	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present | a person |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | to-infinitive | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **eat** | infinitive | a person *not said here* | meals |  | someone's house |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Patient |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A person who rides a skateboard, snowboard or surfboard (informal).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:boarder:m3:1
# text = A person who rides a skateboard, snowboard or surfboard (informal).
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	rides	ride	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	skateboard	skateboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	snowboard	snowboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	surfboard	surfboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	informal	informal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | present | a person | a skateboard and snowboard or surfboard |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent skateboard=Location |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A person who climbs onto a ship to attack or take it over (old use, pirates).

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:boarder:m4:1
# text = A person who climbs onto a ship to attack or take it over (old use, pirates).
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	climbs	climb	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	attack	attack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	over	over	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
14	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	pirates	pirate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | present | a person |  |  | a ship |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto ship=Trajectory |
| 2 | **attack** | to-infinitive | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **take over** | infinitive | a person *not said here* | ship |  |  |  | old use and pirates *obl* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My cousin is a boarder at a school in Scotland.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:boarder:x1:1
# text = My cousin is a boarder at a school in Scotland.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	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	boarder	border	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | My cousin | a boarder |  | a school in Scotland |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The boarders sleep in a big dormitory.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:boarder:x2:1
# text = The boarders sleep in a big dormitory.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boarders	border	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dormitory	dormitory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | present | the boarders |  |  | a big dormitory |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in dormitory=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mrs Hughes took in a boarder to help pay the rent.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:boarder:x3:1
# text = Mrs Hughes took in a boarder to help pay the rent.
1	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Hughes	Hughes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boarder	border	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rent	rent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | Mrs |  |  | a boarder |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in border=Location |
| 2 | **help** | to-infinitive | Mrs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **pay** | infinitive | Mrs *not said here* | the rent |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rent=Asset |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The boarder paid for his room and his meals every week.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:boarder:x4:1
# text = The boarder paid for his room and his meals every week.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boarder	border	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	meals	meal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | the boarder |  |  |  | week | for boarder's room and boarder's meals | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for room=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The skate park was full of young boarders.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:boarder:x5:1
# text = The skate park was full of young boarders.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	skate	skate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	boarders	border	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the skate park |  |  |  |  | of young boarders; full *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Repel boarders!» shouted the captain as the pirates climbed up.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:boarder:x6:1
# text = «Repel boarders!» shouted the captain as the pirates climbed up.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Repel	repel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
3	boarders	border	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
6	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pirates	pirate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repel** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | boarders |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus border=Experiencer |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | the captain |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **climb up** | past | the pirates |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Day pupils go home at four, but boarders stay for supper.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:boarder:x7:1
# text = Day pupils go home at four, but boarders stay for supper.
1	Day	Day	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	boarders	border	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	supper	supper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Day pupils |  |  | four |  | home *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at four=Location |
| 2 | **stay** | present | boarders |  |  |  |  | for supper | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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