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title: centaur — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «centaur» in the school dictionary: A centaur is a creature in Greek myths with the top half of a man and the body and legs of a horse. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# centaur

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**Who acts:** centaur, Chiron, Jason, dying Centaur · **What happens:** be, live, stay, die, thirst · **To what, where:** creature, Greek myths, cave

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A centaur is a creature in Greek myths with the top half of a man and the body and legs of a horse.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:centaur:m1:1
# text = A centaur is a creature in Greek myths with the top half of a man and the body and legs of a horse.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	centaur	centaur	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	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	myths	myth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	top	top	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	5	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	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 centaur | a creature |  | Greek myths |  | with the top half of a man and the body and legs of a horse | 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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Chiron the Centaur lived in a cave.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:centaur:x1:1
# text = Chiron the Centaur lived in a cave.
1	Chiron	Chiron	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Centaur	Centaur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
4	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | Chiron |  |  | a cave |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cave=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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For ten years Jason stayed with the Centaur.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:centaur:x2:1
# text = For ten years Jason stayed with the Centaur.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
4	Jason	Jason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Centaur	Centaur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | Jason |  |  |  | year | with the Centaur | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with centaur=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The dying Centaur was thirsting for revenge.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:centaur:x3:1
# text = The dying Centaur was thirsting for revenge.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dying	die	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	Centaur	Centaur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	thirsting	thirst	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **thirst** | past · progressive | the dying Centaur |  |  |  |  | for revenge | vn long-32.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for revenge=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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