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title: conspirator — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «conspirator» in the school dictionary: A person who joins with others in secret to plan something bad, such as overthrowing a ruler. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# conspirator

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**Who acts:** person, guards, three conspirators, conspirators, conspirator · **What happens:** join, plan, overthrow, catch, hide, whisper · **To what, where:** something, ruler, three conspirators, cellar, dark corridor, someone

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A person who joins with others in secret to plan something bad, such as overthrowing a ruler.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conspirator:m1:1
# text = A person who joins with others in secret to plan something bad, such as overthrowing a ruler.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	joins	join	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	plan	plan	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
11	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	obj	_	_
12	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ	16	mark	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	fixed	_	_
16	overthrowing	overthrow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	conj	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | present | a person |  |  |  |  | with others; in secret | vn cooperate-73.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with other=Co-Agent in secret=Theme |
| 2 | **plan** | to-infinitive | a person *not said here* | something |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic |
| 3 | **overthrow** | gerund | a person *not said here* | a ruler |  |  |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The guards caught three conspirators hiding in the cellar.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conspirator:x1:1
# text = The guards caught three conspirators hiding in the cellar.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	conspirators	conspirator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past | the guards | three conspirators |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conspirator=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** | gerund | three conspirators *not said here* |  |  | the cellar |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cellar=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The conspirators whispered in the dark corridor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conspirator:x2:1
# text = The conspirators whispered in the dark corridor.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conspirators	conspirator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	whispered	whisper	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	corridor	corridor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | the conspirators |  |  | the dark corridor |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in corridor=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A conspirator is someone who plots with others in secret.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conspirator:x3:1
# text = A conspirator is someone who plots with others in secret.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conspirator	conspirator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	plots	plot	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a conspirator | someone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **plot** | present |  |  |  | secret |  | with others | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with other=Co-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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