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title: bowman — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bowman» in the school dictionary: A bowman is a person who shoots arrows from a bow; an archer. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# bowman

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**Who acts:** bowman, person, skilful bowman, Robin · **What happens:** be, shoot, hit, go, hunt · **To what, where:** person, arrows, bow, target, mountains, famous bowman

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A bowman is a person who shoots arrows from a bow; an archer.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bowman:m1:1
# text = A bowman is a person who shoots arrows from a bow; an archer.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bowman	bowman	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	shoots	shoot	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	arrows	arrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	archer	archer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 bowman | a person and a archer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **shoot** | present | a person and a archer | arrows |  | a bow |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme from bow=Initial\_Location |

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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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A skilful bowman hit the target.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bowman:x1:1
# text = A skilful bowman hit the target.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	skilful	skilful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bowman	bowman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	target	target	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past | a skilful bowman | the target |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme target=Co-Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bowman went to the mountains to hunt.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bowman:x2:1
# text = The bowman went to the mountains to hunt.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bowman	bowman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the bowman |  |  | the mountains |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mountain=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **hunt** | to-infinitive | the bowman *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Robin Hood was a famous bowman.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bowman:x3:1
# text = Robin Hood was a famous bowman.
1	Robin	Robin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	Hood	Hood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bowman	bowman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Robin | a famous bowman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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