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title: emissary — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «emissary» in the school dictionary: An emissary is a person sent to carry a message or do an official errand for someone else. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# emissary

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**Who acts:** emissary, king · **What happens:** be, send, carry, do, bring, knock · **To what, where:** person, message, official errand, emissary, neighbouring land, letter

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An emissary is a person sent to carry a message or do an official errand for someone else.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:emissary:m1:1
# text = An emissary is a person sent to carry a message or do an official errand for someone else.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	emissary	emissary	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	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	errand	errand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	obl	_	_
18	else	else	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 emissary | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **send** | participle |  | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **carry** | to-infinitive |  | a message |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme |
| 4 | **do** | infinitive |  | a official errand |  |  |  | for someone | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent errand=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The king sent an emissary to the neighbouring land.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:emissary:x1:1
# text = The king sent an emissary to the neighbouring land.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	emissary	emissary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	neighbouring	neighbouring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | the king | a emissary |  | the neighbouring land |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent emissary=Theme to land=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fairy's emissary brought a letter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:emissary:x2:1
# text = The fairy's emissary brought a letter.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	emissary	emissary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | the fairy's emissary | a letter |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent letter=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Fortune's emissary knocked at the door.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:emissary:x3:1
# text = Fortune's emissary knocked at the door.
1	Fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	emissary	emissary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	knocked	knock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock** | past | Fortune's emissary |  |  |  |  | at the door | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at door=Patient |

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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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