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title: dignitary — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «dignitary» in the school dictionary: A dignitary is an important person who holds a high rank or office, such as a judge, bishop or senior official. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# dignitary

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**Who acts:** dignitary, important person, mayor, He, I · **What happens:** be, hold, sit, think, arrive · **To what, where:** important person, high rank, front, one · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A dignitary is an important person who holds a high rank or office, such as a judge, bishop or senior official.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dignitary:m1:1
# text = A dignitary is an important person who holds a high rank or office, such as a judge, bishop or senior official.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dignitary	dignitary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	rank	rank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	18	case	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	fixed	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	bishop	bishop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	appos	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	senior	senior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	official	official	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a dignitary | a important person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | present | a important person | a high rank or office |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rank=Theme |

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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 mayor and other dignitaries sat at the front.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dignitary:x1:1
# text = The mayor and other dignitaries sat at the front.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mayor	mayor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dignitaries	dignitary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | the mayor and other dignitaries |  |  | the front |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at front=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He thought I was one of the court dignitaries.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dignitary:x2:1
# text = He thought I was one of the court dignitaries.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	ccomp	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	dignitaries	dignitary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | I | one |  |  |  | of the court dignitaries | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The dignitary arrived with a long train of servants.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dignitary:x3:1
# text = The dignitary arrived with a long train of servants.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dignitary	dignitary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | past | the dignitary |  |  |  |  | with a long train of servants | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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