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title: halberdier — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «halberdier» in the school dictionary: A halberdier is an old soldier armed with a halberd, a long pole with an axe blade on top. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# halberdier

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**Who acts:** halberdier, Two halberdiers, halberdiers, Twelve halberdiers · **What happens:** be, arm, stand, march, guard · **To what, where:** old soldier, castle gate, door

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A halberdier is an old soldier armed with a halberd, a long pole with an axe blade on top.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:halberdier:m1:1
# text = A halberdier is an old soldier armed with a halberd, a long pole with an axe blade on top.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	halberdier	halberdier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	armed	arm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	halberd	halberd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a halberdier | a old soldier |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **arm** | participle |  | a old soldier *not said here* |  |  |  | with a halberd and a long pole with a axe blade on top | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent with halberd=Theme |

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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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Two halberdiers stood at the castle gate.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:halberdier:x1:1
# text = Two halberdiers stood at the castle gate.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	halberdiers	halberdier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	gate	gate	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 | **stand** | past | Two halberdiers |  |  | the castle gate |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at gate=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The king's halberdiers marched in first.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:halberdier:x2:1
# text = The king's halberdiers marched in first.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	halberdiers	halberdier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	marched	march	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **march** | past | the king's halberdiers |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in first=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Twelve halberdiers guarded the door.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:halberdier:x3:1
# text = Twelve halberdiers guarded the door.
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	halberdiers	halberdier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	guarded	guard	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	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | past | Twelve halberdiers | the door |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Beneficiary |

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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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