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title: brahmin — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «brahmin» in the school dictionary: A brahmin is a member of the highest Hindu priestly class in India. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# brahmin

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**Who acts:** brahmin, son, wise brahmin · **What happens:** be, mourn, die, give, teach · **To what, where:** member, death, good advice, young prince

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A brahmin is a member of the highest Hindu priestly class in India.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brahmin:m1:1
# text = A brahmin is a member of the highest Hindu priestly class in India.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brahmin	brahmin	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	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
9	Hindu	hindu	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	priestly	priestly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 brahmin | a member |  |  |  | of the highest Hindu priestly class in India | tree rules |

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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 brahmin mourned his son's death.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brahmin:x1:1
# text = The brahmin mourned his son's death.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brahmin	brahmin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	mourned	mourn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mourn** | past | the brahmin | brahmin's son's death |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer death=Stimulus |
| 2 | **die** |  | brahmin's son |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The wise brahmin gave good advice.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brahmin:x2:1
# text = The wise brahmin gave good advice.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	brahmin	brahmin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	advice	advice	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 | **give** | past | the wise brahmin | good advice |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A brahmin taught the young prince.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brahmin:x3:1
# text = A brahmin taught the young prince.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brahmin	brahmin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	taught	teach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	prince	prince	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 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | a brahmin |  | the young prince |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient |

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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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