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title: calender — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «calender» in the school dictionary: A wandering holy man who shaved his head and begged for alms, as in the Arabian tales. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# calender

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**Who acts:** wandering holy man, first calender, calender · **What happens:** wonder, shave, beg, tell, come · **To what, where:** head, story, city gate, calender · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use, in fairy tales — kept apart, not parsed.

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A wandering holy man who shaved his head and begged for alms, as in the Arabian tales.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:calender:m1:1
# text = A wandering holy man who shaved his head and begged for alms, as in the Arabian tales.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	wandering	wonder	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
3	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	shaved	shave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	begged	beg	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	alms	alm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	Arabian	Arabian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **shave** | past | a wandering holy man | man's head |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient |
| 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | participle | a wandering holy man *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for alms; as the Arabian tales | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for alm=Topic |

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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 first calender told his story.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:calender:x1:1
# text = The first calender told his story.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	calender	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|Typo=Yes	4	nsubj	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	story	story	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 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the first calender | calender's story |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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A calender came to the city gate.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:calender:x2:1
# text = A calender came to the city gate.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	calender	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|Typo=Yes	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **come** | past | a calender |  |  | the city gate |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to gate=Initial\_Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The calender had shaved head and a ragged coat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:calender:x3:1
# text = The calender had shaved head and a ragged coat.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	calender	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|Typo=Yes	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	shaved	shave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	ragged	ragged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shave** | past · perfect · passive |  | the calender |  |  |  |  | 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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