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title: booty — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «booty» in the school dictionary: Booty is goods taken by force or by theft, especially by robbers or soldiers in war; it can also mean a prize that is won. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# booty

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**Who acts:** force, war, robbers, pirates, Lion, Ass · **What happens:** be, take, mean, win, count, ask · **To what, where:** Booty goods, prize, booty, large booty, Ass

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Booty is goods taken by force or by theft, especially by robbers or soldiers in war; it can also mean a prize that is won.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:booty:m1:1
# text = Booty is goods taken by force or by theft, especially by robbers or soldiers in war; it can also mean a prize that is won.
1	Booty	booty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	theft	theft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
20	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
21	also	also	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
25	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	27	nsubj	_	_
26	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux:pass	_	_
27	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Booty goods |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | participle · passive | force or theft | Booty goods |  |  |  | by robbers in war or soldiers | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 3 | **mean** | can | war | a prize |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Topic |
| 4 | **win** | present · passive |  | a prize |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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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 robbers counted their booty.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:booty:x1:1
# text = The robbers counted their booty.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	counted	count	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	booty	booty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | past | the robbers | robbers's booty |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent booty=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The pirates took a large booty of gold.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:booty:x2:1
# text = The pirates took a large booty of gold.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pirates	pirate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	booty	booty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | the pirates | a large booty of gold |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent booty=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Lion asked the Ass to divide the booty.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:booty:x3:1
# text = The Lion asked the Ass to divide the booty.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Ass	ass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	divide	divide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	booty	booty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Lion | the Ass |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent ass=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **divide** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Ass *not said here* | the booty |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent booty=Theme |

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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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