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title: dustman — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «dustman» in the school dictionary: A dustman is a worker who collects rubbish from bins and carries it away in a cart. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# dustman

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**Who acts:** dustman, worker, cart, dustmen · **What happens:** be, collect, carry away, empty, come down · **To what, where:** worker, rubbish, bins, cart, bin, street

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A dustman is a worker who collects rubbish from bins and carries it away in a cart.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dustman:m1:1
# text = A dustman is a worker who collects rubbish from bins and carries it away in a cart.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dustman	dustman	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	worker	worker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	collects	collect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	bins	bin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 dustman | a worker |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **collect** | present | a worker | rubbish |  | bins |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent rubbish=Theme from bin=Source |
| 3 | **carry away** | present | a worker *not said here* | rubbish |  | a cart |  | away *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Value in cart=Location |

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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 dustman emptied our bin on Monday.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dustman:x1:1
# text = The dustman emptied our bin on Monday.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dustman	dustman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	emptied	empty	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Monday	Monday	PROPN	NNP	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 | **empty** | past | the dustman | our bin |  |  | monday |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent bin=Source |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The dustman's cart was full of rubbish.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dustman:x2:1
# text = The dustman's cart was full of rubbish.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dustman	dustman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the dustman's cart |  |  |  |  | of rubbish; full *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Every week the dustmen come down our street.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dustman:x3:1
# text = Every week the dustmen come down our street.
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dustmen	dustman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	down	down	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come down** | present | the dustmen | our street |  |  | week | down *property* | 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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