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title: courser — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «courser» in the school dictionary: A courser is a swift, fine horse, used for riding in battle or on a quest. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# courser

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**Who acts:** courser, prince, knight · **What happens:** be, use, ride, throw up, mount, ride away · **To what, where:** swift, white courser, plain, sods, courser

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use, poetic — kept apart, not parsed.

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A courser is a swift, fine horse, used for riding in battle or on a quest.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:courser:m1:1
# text = A courser is a swift, fine horse, used for riding in battle or on a quest.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	courser	courser	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	swift	swift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	riding	riding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	quest	quest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 courser | a swift and fine horse |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | a swift and fine horse *not said here* |  |  |  | for riding in battle or a quest | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 prince rode his white courser across the plain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:courser:x1:1
# text = The prince rode his white courser across the plain.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rode	ride	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	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	courser	courser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	across	across	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **ride** | past | the prince | prince's white courser |  | the plain |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent courser=Theme across plain=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The courser threw up sods of earth with its hooves.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:courser:x2:1
# text = The courser threw up sods of earth with its hooves.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	courser	courser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	sods	sod	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	hooves	hoove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw up** | past | the courser | sods of earth |  |  |  | with courser's hooves | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sod=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The knight mounted his courser and rode away.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:courser:x3:1
# text = The knight mounted his courser and rode away.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	mounted	mount	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	courser	courser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mount** | past | the knight | knight's courser |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courser=Patient |
| 2 | **ride away** | past | the knight *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: 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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