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title: cavalier — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «cavalier» in the school dictionary: A cavalier is a mounted soldier or a fine gentleman who rides on horseback. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# cavalier

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**Who acts:** cavalier, fine gentleman, He · **What happens:** mount, be, ride, mean, show, ride up · **To what, where:** mounted soldier, horseback, little care, castle gate, cavalier wave · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A cavalier is a mounted soldier or a fine gentleman who rides on horseback.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cavalier:m1:1
# text = A cavalier is a mounted soldier or a fine gentleman who rides on horseback.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cavalier	cavalier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	mounted	mount	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	rides	ride	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	horseback	horseback	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mount** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a cavalier | a mounted soldier or a fine gentleman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **ride** | present | a fine gentleman |  |  | horseback |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cavalier means careless or offhand, showing little care for other people's feelings.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cavalier:m2:1
# text = Cavalier means careless or offhand, showing little care for other people's feelings.
1	Cavalier	Cavalier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	careless	careless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	offhand	offhand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Cavalier |  |  |  |  | careless *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **show** | gerund | Cavalier *not said here* | little care |  |  |  | for other people's feelings | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent care=Recipient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The cavalier rode up to the castle gate.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cavalier:x1:1
# text = The cavalier rode up to the castle gate.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cavalier	cavalier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	gate	gate	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 | **ride up** | past | the cavalier |  |  | the castle gate |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to gate=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He gave a cavalier wave and walked off.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cavalier:x2:1
# text = He gave a cavalier wave and walked off.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	cavalier	cavalier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | He | a cavalier wave |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wave=Theme |
| 2 | **walk off** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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«I have never heard of her,» said the cavalier.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cavalier:x3:1
# text = «I have never heard of her,» said the cavalier.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	ccomp	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cavalier	cavalier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hear** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the cavalier *= cavalier* |  |  |  |  | of her *= she* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of she=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the cavalier |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

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