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title: embark — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «embark» in the school dictionary: To embark is to go on board a ship or aircraft to start a journey. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# embark

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**Who acts:** sailors, We, She · **What happens:** embark, be, start, find · **To what, where:** ship, journey, something, ferry, long journey, brother

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To embark is to go on board a ship or aircraft to start a journey.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:embark:m1:1
# text = To embark is to go on board a ship or aircraft to start a journey.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	embark	embark	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	board	board	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	aircraft	aircraft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **embark** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  | a ship or aircraft |  | go *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **start** | to-infinitive |  | a journey |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Eventuality |

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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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Usage: embark on — kept apart, not parsed.

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To embark on something is to start something new and big, such as a long task or quest.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:embark:m2:1
# text = To embark on something is to start something new and big, such as a long task or quest.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	embark	embark	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	start	start	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
9	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	17	case	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	quest	quest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **embark** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | something |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | start *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The sailors embark at dawn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:embark:x1:1
# text = The sailors embark at dawn.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	embark	embark	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **embark** | present | the sailors |  |  |  | dawn |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We embarked on the ferry to the island.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:embark:x2:1
# text = We embarked on the ferry to the island.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	embarked	embark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ferry	ferry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	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 | **embark** | past | We |  |  | the ferry |  | to the island | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She embarked on a long journey to find her brother.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:embark:x3:1
# text = She embarked on a long journey to find her brother.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	embarked	embark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **embark** | past | She |  |  | a long journey |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | her brother |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Topic |

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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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