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title: burgomaster — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «burgomaster» in the school dictionary: Old use: the mayor or chief official of a town in some European countries, such as Germany or the Netherlands. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# burgomaster

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**Who acts:** burgomaster, daughter, Everyone · **What happens:** make, play, bow, pass · **To what, where:** speech, square, piano

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Old use: the mayor or chief official of a town in some European countries, such as Germany or the Netherlands.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:burgomaster:m1:1
# text = Old use: the mayor or chief official of a town in some European countries, such as Germany or the Netherlands.
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mayor	mayor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	chief	chief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	official	official	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
14	European	European	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	19	case	_	_
18	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	fixed	_	_
19	Germany	Germany	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	Netherlands	Netherlands	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The burgomaster made a speech in the square.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:burgomaster:x1:1
# text = The burgomaster made a speech in the square.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	burgomaster	burgomaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	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	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	square	square	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 | **make** | past | the burgomaster | a speech |  | the square |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset speech=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The burgomaster's daughter played the piano.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:burgomaster:x2:1
# text = The burgomaster's daughter played the piano.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	burgomaster	burgomaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	piano	piano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | the burgomaster's daughter | the piano |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piano=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Everyone bowed when the burgomaster passed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:burgomaster:x3:1
# text = Everyone bowed when the burgomaster passed.
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bowed	bow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	burgomaster	burgomaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow** | past | Everyone |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pass** | past | the burgomaster |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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