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title: eunuch — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «eunuch» in the school dictionary: A eunuch is a man who has been made unable to have children, who was often given work looking after the rooms of a king or queen. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# eunuch

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**Who acts:** eunuch, man, children, given work, king · **What happens:** be, make, have, give, look, hurry back · **To what, where:** man, children, given work, letter, princess

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A eunuch is a man who has been made unable to have children, who was often given work looking after the rooms of a king or queen.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:eunuch:m1:1
# text = A eunuch is a man who has been made unable to have children, who was often given work looking after the rooms of a king or queen.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eunuch	eunuch	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	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	often	often	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
18	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	amod	_	_
19	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	parataxis	_	_
20	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	19	acl	_	_
21	after	after	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	rooms	room	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
27	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	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 eunuch | a man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present · perfect · passive |  | a man |  |  |  | unable *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 3 | **have** | to-infinitive | a man *not said here* | children |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient |
| 4 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **is a** | past | children | given work |  |  |  | often *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **look** | gerund | given work *not said here* |  |  |  | after the rooms of a king or queen |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The eunuch hurried back to the king.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:eunuch:x1:1
# text = The eunuch hurried back to the king.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eunuch	eunuch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hurried	hurry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	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 | **hurry back** | past | the eunuch |  |  |  |  | to the king *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to king=Result |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The eunuch carried the letter to the princess.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:eunuch:x2:1
# text = The eunuch carried the letter to the princess.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eunuch	eunuch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | the eunuch | the letter | the princess |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to princess=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The king sent for the chief of the eunuchs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:eunuch:x3:1
# text = The king sent for the chief of the eunuchs.
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	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	eunuchs	eunuch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	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 |  |  |  |  | for the chief of the eunuchs | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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