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title: charioteer — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «charioteer» in the school dictionary: A charioteer is a person who drives a chariot, a two-wheeled cart pulled by horses (old use). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# charioteer

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**Who acts:** charioteer, person, horses, you · **What happens:** be, drive, wheel, pull, crack, gallop on · **To what, where:** person, chariot, wheeled cart, whip, way, road

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A charioteer is a person who drives a chariot, a two-wheeled cart pulled by horses (old use).

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:charioteer:m1:1
# text = A charioteer is a person who drives a chariot, a two-wheeled cart pulled by horses (old use).
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	charioteer	charioteer	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	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	drives	drive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
12	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	wheeled	wheel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
16	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
19	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	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 charioteer | a person and a wheeled cart |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drive** | present | a person and a wheeled cart | a chariot |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent chariot=Location |
| 3 | **wheel** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn drive-11.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **pull** | participle |  | a wheeled cart *not said here* |  |  |  | by horses | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 charioteer cracked his whip and the horses galloped on.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:charioteer:x1:1
# text = The charioteer cracked his whip and the horses galloped on.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	charioteer	charioteer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cracked	crack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	whip	whip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	galloped	gallop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | past | the charioteer | charioteer's whip |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location whip=Theme |
| 2 | **gallop on** | past | the horses |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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"Move out of the way, charioteer!"

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:charioteer:x2:1
# text = "Move out of the way, charioteer!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	charioteer	charioteer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move out** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | the way |  |  |  | charioteer *obl* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent way=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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My charioteer will go with you on the road.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:charioteer:x3:1
# text = My charioteer will go with you on the road.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	charioteer	charioteer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | future | My charioteer |  |  | the road |  | with you | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with you=Beneficiary |

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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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