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title: broker — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «broker» in the school dictionary: A broker is a person who buys and sells things for other people, such as shares, goods or old pictures. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# broker

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**Who acts:** broker, person, old man · **What happens:** be, buy, sell, arrange, find · **To what, where:** person, things, someone, deal, picture, broker

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«broker» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [broker in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/broker.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A broker is a person who buys and sells things for other people, such as shares, goods or old pictures.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:broker:m1:1
# text = A broker is a person who buys and sells things for other people, such as shares, goods or old pictures.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	broker	broker	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	buys	buy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sells	sell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	17	case	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	fixed	_	_
17	shares	share	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	13	conj	_	_
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	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 broker | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **buy** | present | a person |  |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sell** | present | a person *not said here* | things |  |  |  | for other people and shares and goods or old pictures | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent thing=Theme for people=Asset |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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A broker is someone who arranges a deal between two people.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:broker:m2:1
# text = A broker is someone who arranges a deal between two people.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	broker	broker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	arranges	arrange	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	between	between	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a broker | someone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **arrange** | present |  | a deal |  |  |  | between two people | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent deal=Theme between people=Destination |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The old man bought a picture at the broker's.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:broker:x1:1
# text = The old man bought a picture at the broker's.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	broker	broker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | past | the old man | a picture |  | the broker |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent picture=Theme at broker=Asset |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A broker sold the family's old chairs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:broker:x2:1
# text = A broker sold the family's old chairs.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	broker	broker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sold	sell	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	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	chairs	chair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past | a broker | the family's old chairs |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chair=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The broker found a buyer for the house.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:broker:x3:1
# text = The broker found a buyer for the house.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	broker	broker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	found	find	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	buyer	buyer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	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 | **find** | past | the broker | a buyer |  |  |  | for the house | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent buyer=Theme for house=Beneficiary |

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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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