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title: druid — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «druid» in the school dictionary: A druid was a priest or wise person among the ancient Celtic peoples, who knew about nature, magic and religion. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# druid

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**Who acts:** druid, ancient Celtic peoples, druids · **What happens:** be, know, wave, speak, live · **To what, where:** priest, wise person, stories, staff, spell, wise guardians · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«druid» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [druid in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/druid.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A druid was a priest or wise person among the ancient Celtic peoples, who knew about nature, magic and religion.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:druid:m1:1
# text = A druid was a priest or wise person among the ancient Celtic peoples, who knew about nature, magic and religion.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	druid	druid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	among	among	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	Celtic	celtic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
17	about	about	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	religion	religion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | a druid | a priest or wise person among the ancient Celtic peoples |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | past | the ancient Celtic peoples |  |  |  |  | about nature and magic and religion | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about nature=Stimulus |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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In stories a druid is a wise person with magic powers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:druid:m2:1
# text = In stories a druid is a wise person with magic powers.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	druid	druid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	powers	power	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a druid | a wise person |  | stories |  | with magic powers | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The druid waved her staff and spoke the spell.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:druid:x1:1
# text = The druid waved her staff and spoke the spell.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	druid	druid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | past | the druid | druid's staff |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent staff=Patient |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the druid *not said here* | the spell |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The druids were wise guardians of the young prince.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:druid:x2:1
# text = The druids were wise guardians of the young prince.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	druids	druid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	guardians	guardian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the druids | wise guardians |  |  |  | of the young prince | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Long ago, a druid lived in the great oak wood.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:druid:x3:1
# text = Long ago, a druid lived in the great oak wood.
1	Long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
2	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	druid	druid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | a druid |  |  | the great oak wood |  | ago *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location |

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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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