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title: chancellor — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «chancellor» in the school dictionary: A chancellor is the chief adviser or minister of a king, queen or government. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# chancellor

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**Who acts:** chancellor, They, silly little King · **What happens:** be, answer, say, not be · **To what, where:** chief adviser, yours · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A chancellor is the chief adviser or minister of a king, queen or government.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chancellor:m1:1
# text = A chancellor is the chief adviser or minister of a king, queen or government.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chancellor	chancellor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	chief	chief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	adviser	adviser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	minister	minister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a chancellor | the chief adviser or minister |  |  |  | of a king and queen or government | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Chancellor answered: "The Manticora, of course."

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chancellor:x1:1
# text = The Chancellor answered: "The Manticora, of course."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Chancellor	Chancellor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Manticora	Manticora	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the Chancellor |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"They are yours, Your Majesty," answered the Chancellor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chancellor:x2:1
# text = "They are yours, Your Majesty," answered the Chancellor.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	Majesty	majesty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
10	answered	answer	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	Chancellor	Chancellor	PROPN	NNP	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 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | They | yours |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the Chancellor |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Chancellor said, "Don't be a silly little King."

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chancellor:x3:1
# text = The Chancellor said, "Don't be a silly little King."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Chancellor	Chancellor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Chancellor |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **be** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | a silly little King |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «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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