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title: cameraman — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «cameraman» in the school dictionary: A person whose job is to operate a camera for films or television. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# cameraman

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**Who acts:** person, cameraman, reporter, you, aunt · **What happens:** be, film, go, run, keep, wave · **To what, where:** football match, flood, runner, shot, cameraman

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«cameraman» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: [cameraman in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cameraman.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A person whose job is to operate a camera for films or television.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cameraman:m1:1
# text = A person whose job is to operate a camera for films or television.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	operate	operate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	camera	camera	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	television	television	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a person |  |  |  |  | for films or television; operate *property* | tree rules |

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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 cameraman filmed the football match.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cameraman:x1:1
# text = The cameraman filmed the football match.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cameraman	cameraman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	filmed	film	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **film** | past | the cameraman | the football match |  |  |  |  | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The reporter and her cameraman went to the flood.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cameraman:x2:1
# text = The reporter and her cameraman went to the flood.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reporter	reporter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	cameraman	cameraman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the reporter and her cameraman |  |  | the flood |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to flood=Initial\_Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The cameraman ran backwards to keep the runner in the shot.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cameraman:x3:1
# text = The cameraman ran backwards to keep the runner in the shot.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cameraman	cameraman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	backwards	backwards	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	runner	runner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	shot	shot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | the cameraman |  |  |  |  | backwards *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | the cameraman *not said here* | the runner |  | the shot |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent runner=Theme in shot=Location |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Wave to the cameraman!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cameraman:x4:1
# text = Wave to the cameraman!
1	Wave	wave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cameraman	cameraman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the cameraman |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to cameraman=Recipient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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My aunt works as a camera operator on wildlife films.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cameraman:x5:1
# text = My aunt works as a camera operator on wildlife films.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	camera	camera	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	operator	operator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	wildlife	wildlife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | My aunt |  |  |  |  | as a camera operator on wildlife films | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.attribute PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent as operator=Attribute |

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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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