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title: brigand — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «brigand» in the school dictionary: A brigand is a bandit or robber, often one who lives in the hills and attacks travellers. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# brigand

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**Who acts:** brigand · **What happens:** be, live, jump out, wait, gasp, rob · **To what, where:** bandit, hills, rocks, brigand, travellers · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A brigand is a bandit or robber, often one who lives in the hills and attacks travellers.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brigand:m1:1
# text = A brigand is a bandit or robber, often one who lives in the hills and attacks travellers.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brigand	brigand	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	bandit	bandit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	often	often	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	conj	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	attacks	attack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	compound	_	_
18	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 brigand | a bandit or robber |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present |  |  |  | the hills and attacks travellers |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hill=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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The brigand jumped out from the rocks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brigand:x1:1
# text = The brigand jumped out from the rocks.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brigand	brigand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump out** | past | the brigand |  |  | the rocks |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from rock=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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"Wait one moment!" gasped the brigand painfully.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brigand:x2:1
# text = "Wait one moment!" gasped the brigand painfully.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
7	gasped	gasp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	brigand	brigand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	painfully	painfully	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  | moment |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **gasp** | past |  | the brigand |  |  |  | painfully *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The travellers were robbed by a brigand in the forest.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brigand:x3:1
# text = The travellers were robbed by a brigand in the forest.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	robbed	rob	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	brigand	brigand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rob** | past · passive | a brigand in the forest | the travellers |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Source |

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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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