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title: conjuror — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «conjuror» in the school dictionary: A conjuror is a person who does clever magic tricks; another spelling of conjurer. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# conjuror

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**Who acts:** conjuror, person, He, cards, Little Claus · **What happens:** be, do, magic, spell, like, make · **To what, where:** person, tricks, conjurer, conjuror, Claus · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A conjuror is a person who does clever magic tricks; another spelling of conjurer.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conjuror:m1:1
# text = A conjuror is a person who does clever magic tricks; another spelling of conjurer.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conjuror	conjuror	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	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	magic	magic	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
10	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
12	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
13	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	conjurer	conjurer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 conjuror | a person and another spelling of conjurer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | a person and another spelling of conjurer |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **magic** | infinitive |  | tricks |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **spell** |  |  | conjurer |  |  |  |  | nom spelling «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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He would have liked a conjuror like Little Claus's.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conjuror:x1:1
# text = He would have liked a conjuror like Little Claus's.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	liked	like	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	conjuror	conjuror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Claus	Claus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | would · perfect | He | a conjuror |  |  |  | like Little Claus | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot conjuror=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The conjuror made the cards disappear.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conjuror:x2:1
# text = The conjuror made the cards disappear.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conjuror	conjuror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	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	cards	card	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	disappear	disappear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the conjuror |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **disappear** | present | the cards |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Little Claus thought a conjuror would make him rich.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conjuror:x3:1
# text = Little Claus thought a conjuror would make him rich.
1	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	Claus	Claus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thought	think	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	conjuror	conjuror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Little Claus |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | would | a conjuror | Claus |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The conjuror bowed to the crowd.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conjuror:x4:1
# text = The conjuror bowed to the crowd.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conjuror	conjuror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bowed	bow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow** | past | the conjuror |  |  |  |  | to the crowd | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to crowd=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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