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title: furrier — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «furrier» in the school dictionary: A furrier is a person who makes or sells clothes and goods made of fur. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# furrier

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**Who acts:** furrier, person, daughter, cat · **What happens:** be, make, sell, mean, live, grow · **To what, where:** person, clothes, coats, little house

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A furrier is a person who makes or sells clothes and goods made of fur.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:furrier:m1:1
# text = A furrier is a person who makes or sells clothes and goods made of fur.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	furrier	furrier	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	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sells	sell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	9	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	10	conj	_	_
13	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 furrier | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | a person |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sell** | present | a person *not said here* | clothes and goods |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme |
| 4 | **make** | participle |  | clothes and goods *not said here* |  |  |  | of fur | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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: old use, in fairy tales — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Furrier can mean more furry, hairier, as a comparative of furry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:furrier:m2:1
# text = Furrier can mean more furry, hairier, as a comparative of furry.
1	Furrier	Furrier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	furry	furry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	hairier	hairy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	comparative	comparative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	furry	furry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can | Furrier |  |  |  |  | furry *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The furrier sold coats made of fox fur.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:furrier:x1:1
# text = The furrier sold coats made of fox fur.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	furrier	furrier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	coats	coat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	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 | **sell** | past | the furrier | coats |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | coats *not said here* |  |  |  | of fox fur | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The furrier's daughter lived in a little house by the river.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:furrier:x2:1
# text = The furrier's daughter lived in a little house by the river.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	furrier	furrier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the furrier's daughter |  |  | a little house |  | by the river | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The cat grew furrier and furrier.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:furrier:x3:1
# text = The cat grew furrier and furrier.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	furrier	furry	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	furrier	furry	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | the cat |  |  |  |  | furry *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «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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