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title: conjurer — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «conjurer» in the school dictionary: A conjurer is a person who does magic tricks, a magician or wizard. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# conjurer

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**Who acts:** conjurer, person, old conjurer, clever conjurer · **What happens:** be, do, pull, defeat, wave, make · **To what, where:** person, magic tricks, coin, ear, conjurer, wand

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«conjurer» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [conjurer in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/conjurer.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A conjurer is a person who does magic tricks, a magician or wizard.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conjurer:m1:1
# text = A conjurer is a person who does magic tricks, a magician or wizard.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conjurer	conjurer	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	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 conjurer | a person and a magician or wizard |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | a person and a magician or wizard | magic tricks |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Eventuality |

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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 conjurer pulled a coin from my ear.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conjurer:x1:1
# text = The conjurer pulled a coin from my ear.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conjurer	conjurer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | past | the conjurer | a coin |  | my ear |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent coin=Theme from ear=Initial\_Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The giant and the conjurer were defeated.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conjurer:x2:1
# text = The giant and the conjurer were defeated.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	conjurer	conjurer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	defeated	defeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **defeat** | past · passive |  | the conjurer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The old conjurer waved his wand.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conjurer:x3:1
# text = The old conjurer waved his wand.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	conjurer	conjurer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	wand	wand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | past | the old conjurer | conjurer's wand |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wand=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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A clever conjurer can make a card vanish.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conjurer:x4:1
# text = A clever conjurer can make a card vanish.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	conjurer	conjurer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	vanish	vanish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | can | a clever conjurer | a card vanish |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset vanish=Product |

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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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