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title: ducat — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ducat» in the school dictionary: A ducat is an old gold or silver coin used in parts of Europe long ago. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ducat

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**Who acts:** ducat, He, old king · **What happens:** be, use, find, stuff, pay, count · **To what, where:** old gold, silver coin, parts, purse, miller, ducats

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A ducat is an old gold or silver coin used in parts of Europe long ago.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ducat:m1:1
# text = A ducat is an old gold or silver coin used in parts of Europe long ago.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ducat	ducat	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	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
16	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 ducat | a old gold or silver coin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | silver coin *not said here* |  | parts of Europe |  | ago *property* | 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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He found a purse stuffed with shining ducats.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ducat:x1:1
# text = He found a purse stuffed with shining ducats.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	stuffed	stuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	shining	shining	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	ducats	ducat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | He | a purse |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purse=Topic |
| 2 | **stuff** | participle |  | a purse *not said here* |  |  |  | with shining ducats | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with ducat=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The miller was paid in ducats for his grain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ducat:x2:1
# text = The miller was paid in ducats for his grain.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	miller	miller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	ducats	ducat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past · passive |  | the miller |  | ducats |  | for his grain | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Asset for grain=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The old king counted his ducats every night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ducat:x3:1
# text = The old king counted his ducats every night.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	counted	count	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	ducats	ducat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | past | the old king | king's ducats |  |  | night |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ducat=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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