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title: gillie — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «gillie» in the school dictionary: A gillie was a male servant who helped a hunter or fisherman, especially in Scotland. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# gillie

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**Who acts:** gillie, male servant, gillies, king, Two gillies · **What happens:** be, help, lead, send, find, lose · **To what, where:** male servant, hunter, horses, river, gillies, lost dog

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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A gillie was a male servant who helped a hunter or fisherman, especially in Scotland.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gillie:m1:1
# text = A gillie was a male servant who helped a hunter or fisherman, especially in Scotland.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gillie	gillie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	male	male	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | a gillie | a male servant |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **help** | past | a male servant | a hunter or fisherman |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunter=Beneficiary |

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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 gillies led the horses to the river.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gillie:x1:1
# text = The gillies led the horses to the river.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gillies	gillie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	river	river	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 | **lead** | past | the gillies | the horses |  | the river |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Theme to river=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The king sent his gillies to find the lost dog.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gillie:x2:1
# text = The king sent his gillies to find the lost dog.
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	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	gillies	gillie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	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 | king's gillies |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gillie=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | the lost dog |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Topic |
| 3 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Two gillies carried the hunter's bag.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gillie:x3:1
# text = Two gillies carried the hunter's bag.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	gillies	gillie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | Two gillies | the hunter's bag |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme |

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