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title: guerdon — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «guerdon» in the school dictionary: A guerdon is a reward or payment given for good work or service, in old stories. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# guerdon

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**Who acts:** guerdon, hero, boyar, Augeas · **What happens:** be, give, ask, service, refuse, not pay · **To what, where:** reward, payment, rich guerdon, peasant, promised guerdon

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A guerdon is a reward or payment given for good work or service, in old stories.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guerdon:m1:1
# text = A guerdon is a reward or payment given for good work or service, in old stories.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guerdon	guerdon	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	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 guerdon | a reward or payment and old stories |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  | payment *not said here* |  |  |  | for good work or service | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for work=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hero asked for no guerdon but a horse.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guerdon:x1:1
# text = The hero asked for no guerdon but a horse.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	guerdon	guerdon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the hero |  |  |  |  | for no guerdon but a horse | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The boyar gave the peasant a rich guerdon for his service.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guerdon:x2:1
# text = The boyar gave the peasant a rich guerdon for his service.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boyar	boyar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	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	peasant	peasant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	guerdon	guerdon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the boyar | a rich guerdon | the peasant |  |  | for boyar's service | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent peasant=Recipient guerdon=Theme for service=Asset |
| 2 | **service** |  | boyar |  |  |  |  |  | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Augeas refused to pay the promised guerdon.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guerdon:x3:1
# text = Augeas refused to pay the promised guerdon.
1	Augeas	Augeas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	promised	promise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	guerdon	guerdon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | Augeas |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **pay** | to-infinitive | Augeas *not said here* | the promised guerdon |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guerdon=Asset |
| 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: 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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