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title: gentry — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «gentry» in the school dictionary: Gentry means people of high social class, the landowners and nobility who are well-off and of high rank. (old use). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# gentry

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**Who acts:** Gentry, king · **What happens:** mean, come, live, invite · **To what, where:** people, wedding, big houses, gentry

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Gentry means people of high social class, the landowners and nobility who are well-off and of high rank. (old use).

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*Sentence 1:* Gentry means people of high social class, the landowners and nobility who are well-off and of high rank.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gentry:m1:1
# text = Gentry means people of high social class, the landowners and nobility who are well-off and of high rank.
1	Gentry	gentry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	social	social	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	landowners	landowner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	appos	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	nobility	nobility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	acl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	rank	rank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Gentry | people of high social class |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Topic |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* (old use).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gentry:m1:2
# text = (old use).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The king and the gentry came to the wedding.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gentry:x1:1
# text = The king and the gentry came to the wedding.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gentry	gentry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the king and the gentry |  |  | the wedding |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to wedding=Initial\_Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The gentry lived in big houses on the hill.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gentry:x2:1
# text = The gentry lived in big houses on the hill.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gentry	gentry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hill	hill	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 | **live** | past | the gentry |  |  | big houses |  | on the hill | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Only the gentry were invited to the ball.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gentry:x3:1
# text = Only the gentry were invited to the ball.
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	gentry	gentry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	invited	invite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ball	ball	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 | **invite** | past · passive |  | the gentry |  |  |  | to the ball | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

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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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