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title: bricklayer — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bricklayer» in the school dictionary: A bricklayer is a worker who builds walls, houses and chimneys with bricks. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# bricklayer

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**Who acts:** bricklayer, worker, pitcher · **What happens:** be, build, live · **To what, where:** worker, walls, wall, garden, family, fountain

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A bricklayer is a worker who builds walls, houses and chimneys with bricks.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bricklayer:m1:1
# text = A bricklayer is a worker who builds walls, houses and chimneys with bricks.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bricklayer	bricklayer	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	worker	worker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	builds	build	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	chimneys	chimney	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	bricks	brick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	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 bricklayer | a worker |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **build** | present | a worker | walls and houses and chimneys |  |  |  | with bricks | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent wall=Theme with brick=Source |

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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 bricklayer built a wall around the garden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bricklayer:x1:1
# text = The bricklayer built a wall around the garden.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bricklayer	bricklayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	around	around	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | the bricklayer | a wall |  | the garden |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wall=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Not far from the fountain there lived a family of bricklayers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bricklayer:x2:1
# text = Not far from the fountain there lived a family of bricklayers.
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	bricklayers	bricklayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past |  | a family of bricklayers |  | the fountain; there |  | far *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme family=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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"Where is your pitcher?" asked the bricklayer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bricklayer:x3:1
# text = "Where is your pitcher?" asked the bricklayer.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	pitcher	pitcher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
8	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bricklayer	bricklayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | your pitcher |  |  |  |  | where *property* | 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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