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title: chronometer — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «chronometer» in the school dictionary: A very exact clock, used at sea to find the ship's position by knowing the exact time. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# chronometer

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**Who acts:** captain, chronometer · **What happens:** use, find, know, check, mark, keep · **To what, where:** exact clock, sea, position, chronometer, map

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«chronometer» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [chronometer in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chronometer.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A very exact clock, used at sea to find the ship's position by knowing the exact time.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chronometer:m1:1
# text = A very exact clock, used at sea to find the ship's position by knowing the exact time.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
15	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	knowing	know	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | a exact clock *not said here* |  | sea |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | the ship's position |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent position=Topic |
| 3 | **know** | gerund |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 captain checked the chronometer before he marked the map.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chronometer:x1:1
# text = The captain checked the chronometer before he marked the map.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	checked	check	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	chronometer	chronometer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	marked	mark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | past | the captain | the chronometer |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chronometer=Theme |
| 2 | **mark** | past | captain | the map |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent map=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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A chronometer keeps very exact time, even on a rocking ship.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chronometer:x2:1
# text = A chronometer keeps very exact time, even on a rocking ship.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chronometer	chronometer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	rocking	rocking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | a chronometer |  |  |  | time |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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