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title: chieftain — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «chieftain» in the school dictionary: A chieftain is the leader of a tribe or clan. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# chieftain

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**Who acts:** chieftain, daughter, tribe · **What happens:** be, call, sit, have · **To what, where:** leader, people, tent, own chieftain · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A chieftain is the leader of a tribe or clan.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chieftain:m1:1
# text = A chieftain is the leader of a tribe or clan.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chieftain	chieftain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tribe	tribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	clan	clan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	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 chieftain | the leader |  |  |  | of a tribe or clan | 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 chieftain called his people together.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chieftain:x1:1
# text = The chieftain called his people together.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chieftain	chieftain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	called	call	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	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	together	together	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past | the chieftain |  | chieftain's people |  |  | together *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The chieftain's daughter sat in her father's tent.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chieftain:x2:1
# text = The chieftain's daughter sat in her father's tent.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chieftain	chieftain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | the chieftain's daughter |  |  | daughter's father's tent |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tent=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Every tribe had its own chieftain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chieftain:x3:1
# text = Every tribe had its own chieftain.
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	tribe	tribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	chieftain	chieftain	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 | **have** | past | every tribe | tribe's own chieftain |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chieftain=Patient |

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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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